se vogliamo metterla ai link di internet allora non credo che ci siano molti problemi nell'accettare che sia un mistero.
propongo questo, da encarta online
Alphabet - MSN Encarta
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Although knowledge of the Etruscan language is still very limited, scholars have identified it as not related to the Indo-European family of languages. Linguists have made some progress in deciphering the inscriptions on tombs, which represent most of the extant examples of Etruscan writing. Taking clues from the subject matter of sculptures and paintings that decorate the tombs, they have identified many proper names of historical and religious figures. They also have derived the probable meaning of many other words by using the cryptographer’s method of testing the appropriateness of a particular interpretation of a word in all the places in which it appears. The Etruscan language is often cited as the classic illustration of certain decoding problems."
nello stesso link di wikipedia inglese che mi hai mandato c'e' anche scritto "Knowledge of the language is incomplete."
ti linko altri siti (che ovviamente possono essere anche non attendibili), trovati scrivendo su google "etruscan language"
language
"many aspects of the etruscan language are still unclear"
The Etruscan Language
"we can read the Etruscan script with relative ease, but we don't understand the Etruscan language. The vocabulary that we already know from the ancient authors, or from the grave inscriptions seems insufficient for reading longer texts."
anche se ho notato che in questo link c'e' scritto l'esatto contrario
Etruscan Language
"The present day notion that there is a "mystery" regarding the Etruscan language is fundamentally erroneous; there exists no problem of decipherment, as is often wrongly asserted. The Etruscan texts are largely legible. The real problem with the Etruscan texts lies in the difficulty we have in understanding the exact meaning of the words and grammatical forms. "