That's true. Even all IE languages are but "dialects" of the same one.
Etruscans were no greeks, no albanians, no serbs, ... they were just Etruscans!
I think that Etruscan is an IE language and it relates to all IE languages. It seems to be more similar with Albanian, may be because to arrive in Italic peninsula they have passed through Thracia and Illyria (in a long period of time).
The text pasted below is taken from
www.etruscan-translation.com
The Pyrgi Tablets
1 – I ta t'mia, i cac.
2 - Hera mas va, vatie χe u nial.
3 - As tres θemia sa meχ θu ta θe farie.
4 - I veli anas, s’al clu veni as tu ru ce mun i stas.
5 - Θuvas ta mer, e s’ca ilac.
6 - Ve t’ulerase nac.
7 - Ci avil, χur varte sia me Ital e ilacve!
8 - Al sase nac.
9 – A tra nes zila cal.
10 - S’e le Itala.
11 - Acna s’vers i tanim.
12 - Heramve avil.
13 - Eni, a ca pulumχva?
14 - Na cθe farie.
15 - Veli i unas θam, uc e cleva e ta nalm.
16 - Asan t’iu runi!
17 - As sel a ce?
18 - Vacal t’mial avil, χvala mu ce pulumχva s’nuiaφ.
In Gheg
1-I ta t’miat, I kac.
2-Hera masi vam vate e u nial.
3-As tre thermia sa me thu ta them pergjigjen.
4-I beni anash, s’atje ku veni as tu ru ke mun me i qendru.
5-Thuvash (thash) ta mar e s’ka ilac.
6-Dhe t’ulerase nac.
7-Ky udhtim, kur vate zia me Itale e ilacve.
8-…………………………
9-Midis (nder) nesh zjarr kall.
10-S’e le Italen.
11-Ika te pushoj tanim
12-Heramve vij.
13-Eni, a ka yje?
14-Na kthe pergjigje.
15-Berjen e asaj qe tham nuk e kreva e ta nalm.
16-Asaj t’iu runi.
17-Aq zell, a ke.
18-Vazhdimi udhetimit tim, varet mu ke e paniofura e yjeve.
In English
1-these mines, that's all.
2-early after arrival, he revived .
3-Neither but three granules just to say I'm responding.
4- Go aside for there where you are going to, you can not be safe.
5-I was going to take some healers (drugs), but there is not , .
6-And let him howl if.
7-This trip, when the hell in Italy there are no healers (drugs) there!
8 - ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..
9-Between (among) us there is fire.
10-I do not leave Italy.
11-I’m going to rest now.
12-Comin’ early.
13 - And, are there stars (what's the weather like there).
14-Give back response .
15 - The doing of what we said, I did not fulfill and to stop.
16 - Be cautious of it.
17-So much zeal, do you have?
18-Continuation of my trip depends on the unknowness of the stars.
A = 1- Interrogative particle, like a in Albanian, ex: A më dëgjon = do you hear me? or in Gheg: A thu? = really?
Acna = going, gone (first person, singular). In Albanian: ika = I’m going now.
Al, s’al = there. In Albanian: atie/atje. In Etruscan s’al, the consonant s’ has the same function as the nowadays Albanian se = because; for; compare with ital. se.
Anas = aside. In Albanian: anash = aside.
As = 1- neither (conj.) used like English neither….nor; 2- so much; as much as (adv). In Albanian: 1- as … as = neither … nor; 2- aq = as much as. Compare with English "as".
Asan = her. In Albanian: asaj = her.
Avil = journey (n&v). In Italian: viaggio. In Albanian vi/vij means: 1-come; 2- line. In Italian "via" means road, street or far; and "a" means in (on) or shows direction. Etruscan a+vil means in (on) the line (street).
Ca = has. In Albanian: ka = has.
Cac (i cac) = so much (adv.); that’s all. In Albanian: kaq = that’s all; In Gegean: i kaç = that’s all; In Etruscan: i cac = that’s all.
cal = insert, put in, turn on. In Albanian: kall (zjarrin) = to fire.
Ce = have (second person, singular). In Albanian: ke = have (second person, singular).
Ce = at. In Gheg Albanian: ke = at; in standard Albanian: te, tek =at.
Ci = this/that. In Albanian: ki/ky. In Italian: chi.
Cleva = performed, fulfilled (first person, singular). In Albanian: kreva = fulfilled, performed (first person, singular).
Clu = where. In Albanian: ku = where.
Cθe (na cθe) = give back (second person, singular, –in imperative). In Albanian: na kthe = give back to us. The same as in nowadays Albanian, when someone sends e letter to sb. and asks him to respond: na kthe pergjigje = give us response (although the sender is single).
E = and.
Eni = hence. In Gheg: eni = hence.
Farie = response. In Italian: (vario); varie = writings; different things.
he = and. In Albanian and in Italian: e = and.
Hera = early. In Albanian: hera = the time. It’s the etymology of "era" used in almost all European languages.
Heramve = soon, early. In Gheg: heramve.
Xur = when. In Albanian: kur = when.
Xvala = depends. In Albanian: varet = depends.
I = of. In Albanian: i.
Ilac = healer; drug. Survives in Turkish and in Albanian ilaç/hilaç.
Ilacve = of healers; of drugs (genitive case). In Albanian: e ilaçve/
e ilaçeve = of drugs.
Itale = Italy. In Gheg Albanian: Itale = Italy. In standard Albanian: Itali = Italy.
Itale is the feminine form of Ital (masc.), an adjective noun which means "vital".
It’s wordroot it- which in some other areas pronounced et (Arom.) or iet/jet (Alb.) means life. So, ita, eta, or ieta/jeta mean: the life.
Itala = the Italy. In Gheg: Itala. In standard Albanian: Italia.
Le = leave, let. In Albanian: le/lë = leave, let.
Mas = after. In Gehg: mas = after; In standard Albanian: mbas = after.
Me = in. In Gehg:m’/më = in.
Meh = to. In Gehg: me. Eg: me angër/me hangër = to eat.
Mer = takes. In Albanian: mer = takes.
Mia (t’mia) = mine (pron). In Albanian: t’mia/te mia = mines (pron.).
Mial = my.
Mu = just. In Albanian: mu = just
Mun = may, can. In Gheg Albanian: mun = may, can. In standard Albanian: mund = may, can.
Na = us. Proclitic and enclitic form of the Albanian personal pronoun (first person, plural). Eg: na kthe; kthena = give back (to us).
Nac = if, if you like. In Gheg Albanian: naç = if, if you like. In standard Albanian: ndaç = if you like.
Nalm = stop (first person, plural). In Gheg Albanian: nalm = stop (first person, plural); In standard Albanian: ndalim = stop (first person, plural).
Nes = us. In Albanian: nesh = us. Atra nes = between us.
Nial (u nial) = revived (third person, singular). In Gheg: u niall = revived (third person, singular); In standard Albanian: u ngjall =
revived (third person, singular).
Nuiaf (n&v) = know. In Albanian: niof/njof/njoh = know (first person, singular); Etruscan: nuiaf = know (both v&n).
Pulumhva = stars. In Albanian "pullumba" means "doves".
Ru (tu ru) = 1- to guard; to keep (in memory). In Gheg Albanian: tu ru = to be safe, to guard, to keep (in memory).
Runi (tu runi) = to be safeguarded (second person, plural).
Sa = how (much). In Albanian: sa = how much.
Sase = quantity. In Albanian: sasi = quantity.
S = non-, un-, in- (prefix to express the opposite or the riverse of a proces); 2- don’t/does not (negative particle). Survives in Albanian s as a negative particle.
Eg: s’e le Itala = don’t leave the Italy (first person, singular).
Sel = zeal. In Albanian: zell = zeal.
Sia = 1- the crisis; 2- the mourning. In Albanian: zia = the mourning; the crisis.
snuiaf = 1- don’t know; (first person, singular); 2- unknown. In Albanian: s’niof/s’njof/s’njoh = don’t know (first person, singular).
The opposite of nuiaf.
Stas = stay; stand (second person, singular). This word does not survive in Albanian. It survives in almost all European languages.
Svers = rest (the opposite of vers = do, make). See vers.
T, t'iu, ta = short forms of pers. pron.
Tanim = now. In Albanian: tanime = now.
Θam = said (first person, plural). In Albanian: tham = said (first person, plural).
Θe = say (n&v).
Θemia = granules. In Albanian: thermia = granules.
Θu = say. See Cippus Perusinus on this blog. In Gheg Albanian: me thu = to say.
Θuvas = said (first person, singular). Dialectal Albanian: thuvash = said (first person, singular); In standard Albanian: thashe =
said (first person, singular).
Tra = through. In Italian: tra = between, through.
Tres = three.
Tu = to.
U = in Albanian it's a short form of the pers. pron.
Uc = not. In Albanian: nuk = not. In Greek:
In Turkish: yok =
Ulerase = howl, roar. In Albanian: ulerase = howl, roar; Te ulerase = to howl (because of pains).
Unas (i unas) = of that one (fem.).
Va (v&n) = arrival
. In Albanian: vajtje = going
; In Italian: va = go.
Vacal = progress, continuation. In Albanian: vazhdim = continuation.
Varte = arrived, turned to be (third person, singular). In Albanian: vate = arrived; turned to be (third person, singular).
Vati = went/arrived (third person, singular). In Albanian: vajti = went/arrived (third person, singular).
Ve = and.
Veli = the doing.
Veni = go/come (second person, plural). In Albanian: veni = go/come (second person, plural).
V
ers = do, make; svers = do not make (the opposite of vers).
Zila = the fire; In Albanian: ziar/ziarr = fire.