Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the island of
Lemnos . - noun An inhabitant of Lemnos.
- proper noun An extinct language, related to
Etruscan , that was spoken in theAegean and is attested in astele found on Lemnos.
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Examples
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The Lemnian was a stout fellow, but he had no love for needless danger.
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907
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Anyways, lest I ramble on again, I've renamed my pdf Etrusco-Lemnian Declension and it's to be found in the Lingua Files section as always.
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This is because of what I've encountered as valid sound sequences and syllable shapes in more certain Minoan etyma and because of comparison with Etruscan, Rhaetic and Lemnian.
Death and daffodils 2010
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I've expanded my previously announced pdf to include not only my basic sketch of the Etrusco-Lemnian nominal declension but now also the pronouns and demonstratives as well.
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Anyways, the file has been uploaded to the Lingua Files section under Etrusco-Lemnian Nouns.
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Etruscan, Lemnian, Minoan, etc. and with some even denying that such a group exists, etymologists don't seem to be getting very far here.
The hidden face 2010
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In this sense, the Etruscan-Lemnian group is not a real mainland Anatolian relic language, but instead a result of re-colonization from the islands.
A modification of Indo-Aegean, plus some new grammatical ideas on Minoan 2009
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If Etruscan were continuously in contact with the Aegean islands through the 1st millenium BCE, then Lemnian could be an out-of-Italy dialect of Old Etruscan as is usually claimed afterall.
A modification of Indo-Aegean, plus some new grammatical ideas on Minoan 2009
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The unfortunate problem with Etruscan, Lemnian and Rhaetic (and probably too with Eteo-Cypriot and Eteo-Cretan) is that no personal endings appear to be attached to verbs in these languages despite the fact that many features like the 1ps and its oblique form (mi and mini), demonstratives and the declensional system (ie. the demonstrative accusative, s-genitive, animate and inanimate plural endings) all find direct connections to PIE.
A modification of Indo-Aegean, plus some new grammatical ideas on Minoan 2009
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Bayndor: "In this sense, the Etruscan-Lemnian group is not a real mainland Anatolian relic language, but instead a result of re-colonization from the islands."
A modification of Indo-Aegean, plus some new grammatical ideas on Minoan 2009
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