Robertson Ed. Etruscan’s genealogical linguistic relationship with Nakh-Daghestanian: a preliminary evaluation

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Abstract.
The Etruscan numerals are widely regarded as demonstrating that a relationship probably does not exist between Etruscan and Indo-European or Afroasiatic. It is argued here that a genealogical linguistic relationship exists, however, between Etruscan and the Nakh-Daghestanian languages, and that this relationship can be seen in over half of the basic numerals and in other core vocabulary in Etruscan, supported by regular phonological correspondences. However, it is the system of numerical morphology which is shared by Etruscan and Nakh-Daghestanian which points to a genealogical relationship between them. In addition, the almost complete overlaps in grammatical paradigms generally, and the existence of inherited irregularities such as shared ablaut patterns and non-standard plural themes for the same key cognate items of vocabulary are all diagnostic of descent from a common ancestor. The majority view amongst scholars is that the Etruscan language is not closely related to any of the better-known language phyla such as Indo-European or Afroasiatic and that this is obvious to see if one compares the Etruscan numerals with their equivalents in these language families.