The language of the Southwestern inscriptions: state-of-the-art
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https://doi.org/10.36707/palaeohispanica.v21i0.434Keywords:
Southwestern steles, Palaeohispanic languages, Palaeohispanic scripts, Iron Age, Tartessos, Celtic languagesAbstract
Current knowledge about the language of the South-Western steles from the Iberian peninsula is reviewed in this paper. It is argued that the appropriate methodology for the study of this language should rely on a thorough internal analysis of the data provided by the inscriptions themselves, instead of jumping to hasty interpretations and etymological proposals allegedly supporting its classification as a Celtic language. Internal evidence provides relevant information about phonetics and allows for identifying possible lexemes and suffixes, which is crucial for the advancement in the understanding of this language.
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