Etruscan
RegionAncient Italy
FamilyIsolate (extinct)
SpeakersExtinct
ScriptEtruscan
TypeAlphabetic
About Etruscan
The language of the Etruscan civilization that ruled central Italy before Rome. Written in letters taken from Greek. Extinct by the early centuries AD, swallowed by Latin. Inscriptions can be read yet the grammar stays murky. Believed source of the Latin letter F and the word persona.
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