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I am currently thinking in respect to languages of the alps in ancient times, that venetic was originally a Euganei language. The veneti assumed the langauge when they arrived, similar to normans arriving in Normandy and accepting the local language.
If we look at the link below its shows that Venetic, East Raetic, west raetic, Camunic and Lepontic are all similar. How can an "invading" veneti who kicked the Eugenai from the coast of Veneto into the alps have taken with them a very similar language to the raetic, camuni etc?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venetic_Raetic_Camunic_Lepontic_alphabets.png
the link below shows the Alphabet types (scritps) not the languages;
all those Alphabets stem from the Cumaean Greek (via the Etruscans);
Lepontic and Venetic are Indo-European languages;
Camunic is not classified and Raetic is non-Indo-European with features to Tyrsenian (Etruscan/Lemnian);
The non-Indo-European part is prob the Neolithic remnant pop.; As in Strabo IV/VI;
Camunic might be Ligurian/Euganean might be Raetic;
Lepontic is classified as P-Keltic might also be however P-Italic (Umbrian/archaic) since this language was spoken by Umbrians to begin with;
Venetic is classified as an isolate-Indo-European language (close to Keltic/Italic) - because Illyrian itself is not substantially classified and attested;
But the Veneti (Enetoi) are classified as Illyrians in classical History;
Also venetic was found in Innsbruck as per link below, there are 18 such finds on the road from the border of veneto to innsbruck
Yes;
Venetic has been found in Alpine areas; But the Veneti were never recorded there;
Meaning - the tribes that are recorded there must have spoken an identical language (akin to Venetic);
Ergo - those tribes [Illyrians/(Vindelici)] and the Veneti must be connected and of the same Indo-European branch i.e. Illyrian (or an isolated same branch);
Thats what your talking about; Venetic inscription [vhilone.i. /filo)nej/] from Demlfeld, Tyrol;
Demlfeld and the entire Ampass area correspond to the Breuni (Βρεῦνοι) and Genauni (Γεναῦνοι) tribal areas;
And both the Breuni and Genauni are recorded in classical History as Illyrians just like the Veneti (Enetoi);
http://www.archaeotirol.at/