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Etruscan languageEtruscan was a language spoken and written in the ancient region of Etruria (current Tuscany) and in what is now Lombardy (where the Etruscans were displaced by Gauls), in Italy. However, Latin completely superseded Etruscan, leaving only a few documents Etruscan civilizationThe Etruscan civilization existed in Etruria and the Po valley in the northern part of what is now Italy, prior to the formation of the Roman Republic. The Etruscans were a non- Indo-European people who inhabited northern and central Italy before 800 BC. EtruscanSee: Etruscan civilization Etruscan language Etruscan alphabet Etruscan mythology. Etruscan alphabetThe Etruscan alphabet derives from the Greek, it is however not clear whether the process of adaptation took place in Italy from the first colony of Greeks, the city of Cumae, or in Greece/ Asia Minor. The Etruscan was mostly written from left to right. Etruscan mythologyThe Etruscans were a race of northern Italians eventually integrated into Rome. Many of the deities listed below were eventually part of the Roman pantheon. Caveat: Since no written Etruscan literary texts have survived, two short incomplete texts, and on Etruscan Pygmy ShrewEtruscan Pygmy Shrew : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Insectivora : Soricidae Suncus etruscus Binomial name Suncus etruscus Savi, 1822) The Etruscan Pygmy Shrew or the White-toothed Pygmy Shrew Suncus etruscus is the lightest known mammal by mass, weigh Etruscan honeysuckle