Editing Etruscan language (section)

==== Pre-Greek substrate hypothesis ====
The idea of a relation between the language of the [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] [[Linear A]] scripts was taken into consideration as the main hypothesis by [[Michael Ventris]] before he discovered that, in fact, the language behind the later [[Linear B]] script was [[Mycenean Greek|Mycenean]], a [[Ancient Greek dialects|Greek dialect]]. It has been proposed to possibly be part of a wider Paleo-European "Aegean" language family, which would also include [[Minoan language|Minoan]], [[Eteocretan language|Eteocretan]] (possibly descended from Minoan) and [[Eteocypriot language|Eteocypriot]]. This has been proposed by Giulio Mauro Facchetti, a researcher who has dealt with both Etruscan and Minoan, and supported by S. Yatsemirsky, referring to some similarities between Etruscan and Lemnian on one hand, and [[Linear A|Minoan]] and Eteocretan on the other.{{sfn|Facchetti|2000}}{{sfn|Facchetti|2002|p=136}}
It has also been proposed that this language family is related to the pre-Indo-European languages of Anatolia, based upon place name analysis.<ref name="auto" /> The relationship between Etruscan and Minoan, and hypothetical unattested pre-Indo-European languages of Anatolia, is considered unfounded.<ref name=Benelli2018/><ref name=Belfiore2020/>