Excerpt from The Text of the Iguvine Inscriptions: With Interlinear Latin Translation, and Notes But the deficiency as to o and u opens a wider subject. It is not 0 only that is defective, but d and g likewise; in fact b also is extremely rare. That the Umbrian and Etruscan languages, far less akin than Umbrian to Latin, should both be deficient in o, d, g, is a coincidence far too improbable to be received without strict and full proof. Until that is attained, we must positively disbelieve. On this ground, I think it too hastily concluded that the Etruscans had not the sounds o, b, g, d, merely because their alphabet is deficient. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.