Tyrsenian family

Lemnian

c. 600 BCE – 500 BCE Extinct

Lemnian (c. 600 BCE – 500 BCE) is an extinct Tyrsenian language. Lineage: Proto-Tyrsenian → Lemnian.

See Lemnian on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
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Known mainly from the Lemnos Stele (6th century BCE); very close to Etruscan.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Tyrsenianc. 1,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
  2. Lemnianc. 600 BCE – 500 BCE

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Tyrsenian.

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