Editing Etruscan language (section)

===Vowels===
The Etruscan [[vowel|vowel system]] consisted of four distinct vowels. The vowels ''o'' and ''u'' appear to have not been phonetically distinguished based on the nature of the writing system, as only one symbol is used to cover both in loans from Greek (e.g. Greek {{lang|grc|κώθων}} {{Transliteration|grc|kōthōn}} > Etruscan {{Transliteration|ett|qutun}} 'pitcher').

Before the [[front vowel]]s {{angbr|c}} is used, while {{angbr|k}} and {{angbr|q}} are used before respectively unrounded and rounded [[back vowel]]s.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ caption | Vowels{{sfnp|Agostiniani|2013|p=470|ps=: "We believe that for the Archaic period, the /a/ was a back vowel (as in French ''pâte'')".}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | [[Front vowel|Front]]
! colspan="2" |[[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
![[unrounded]]
![[Roundedness|rounded]]
|- align="center"
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| i<br>{{IPAblink|i}}<br>[[File:EtruscanI-01.svg|14px|I]]
|
| o<br>{{IPAblink|u}}<br>[[File:EtruscanO-01.svg|14px|U]]
|- align="center"
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
| e<br>{{IPAblink|e}}<br>[[File:EtruscanE-01.svg|14px|E]]
|a<br>{{IPAblink|ɑ}}<br>[[File:EtruscanA-01.svg|14px|A]]
|
|}