The Lemnian language is a language of the 6th century BC spoken on the island of Lemnos

Lemnos

Lemnos is an island of Greece in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos peripheral unit, which is part of the North Aegean Periphery. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Myrina...

. It is mainly attested by an inscription found on a funerary stele

Stele

A stele , also stela , is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes, most usually decorated with the names and titles of the deceased or living — inscribed, carved in relief , or painted onto the slab...

, termed the Lemnos stele, discovered in 1885 near Kaminia

Kaminia

Kaminia may refer to several places in Greece:*Kaminia, Hydra, a port near Hydra*Kaminia, Ioannina, a village in the northcentral part of the prefecture of Ioannina*Kaminia, Lemnos, a village in the island of Lemnos*Kaminia, Achaea, a village in Achaea...

. However, fragments of inscriptions on local pottery show that it was spoken there by a community. In 2009, a newly discovered inscription from Efestia was reported. Lemnian is accepted as being closely related to Etruscan

Etruscan language

The Etruscan language was spoken and written by the Etruscan civilization, in what is present-day Italy, in the ancient region of Etruria and in parts of Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna...

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