Nobody1
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Sorry, a discussion of the Vindelicians certainly would belong into another thread, but tell me something, which data that you have is better than onomastic data (Celtic names, and I should add, unambigously Celtic, unless you can demonstrate to me that "-duno", "-briga" or "-rix" can be somehow Venetic) and archaeological data (bearers of the La-Tene culture - including coinage with the triskelion motif that can be found elsewhere in Celtic areas)?
Whats the diff. between the Indo-European Illyrians and the Indo-European Kelts?
If we take the entire Alpine region of what was to become the Roman provinces of Noricum and Raetia than we will find that this region was uniformly Urnfield/Hallstatt/LaTene; So even if an Illyrian people would be amongst that range (area) than this people would not be outrageously alien to its neighbours; Even the Veneti with their distinctive Iron-age culture zone (Este-culture) show common similarities in culture and language; But how Keltic are they (Vindelic tribes) if they are classified (ancient history) as Illyrians and their inscriptions are not Keltic;
Also, do you have a quote (or ID) for the purportedly Venetic Genauni inscription?
Of course i do;
Uni. Wien - Die Sprache: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft (2010)
https://univis.univie.ac.at/ws_publ...A2CFE26A586A190FACB930D7739?id=1195210147528&
http://www.archaeotirol.at/
The reason I avoid the term "Illyrian" is because its not clearly defined, unlike, for instance, the term "Venetic". Regardless of the question of the ethnicity of the Vindelicians, its clear that regardless of wether you think of them as Celtic or Venetic, there is no evidence in the Alps for a language akin to Etruscan (Rhaetian) outside the Bolzano region. And to me, the idea that they retreated there from the Po river plain is an elegant solution.
The reason Illyrian is not clearly defined is because for some reason its silly to think that Illyrians actually spoke Illyrian; The Genauni/Breuni are designated Illyrian so are the Veneti but their common language is of course not Illyrian its scientifically "Mysterious";
Raetic inscriptions are found all over Tyrol (North and South), Unterengadin and north as the Schneidjoch and south as Verona;
http://www.trismegistos.org/tm/list.php?p=4155
http://www.dav-kaufering.de/content/RaetischeInschriften.pdf