Editing Etruscan language (section)

====Absence of voiced stops====
The Etruscan consonant system primarily distinguished between aspirated and non-aspirated stops. There were no voiced stops. When words from foreign languages were borrowed into Etruscan, voiced stops typically became unvoiced stops; one example is Greek {{Lang|grc-latn|thriambos}}, which became Etruscan {{Transliteration|ett|triumpus}} and Latin {{Lang|la|triumphus}}.<ref>J.H. Adams pp. 163–164.</ref> Such a lack of voiced stops is not particularly unusual; it is found e.g. in modern [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], in [[Scottish Gaelic]], and in most [[Chinese languages]]. Even in English, aspiration is often more important than voice in the distinction of [[Fortis and lenis|fortis-lenis]] pairs.