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===Syntax=== Etruscan is considered to have been a [[Subject–object–verb word order|SOV]] language with postpositions, but the word order was not strict and the orders OVS and OSV are, in fact, more frequent in commemorative inscriptions from the archaic period, presumably as a stylistic feature of the genre.<ref>Wallace, Rex. 2008. Zikh Rasna: A manual of the Etruscan language and inscriptions. Ann Arbor, New York: Beech Stave Press. P. 95. Cited in: [https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1587 Rogers, Adelle, "Theories on the Origin of the Etruscan Language" (2018). Open Access Theses.] 27-28.</ref> Adjectives were usually placed after the noun.<ref>Wallace, Rex. 2008. Zikh Rasna: A manual of the Etruscan language and inscriptions. Ann Arbor, New York: Beech Stave Press. P.52-53. Cited in: [https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1587 Rogers, Adelle, "Theories on the Origin of the Etruscan Language" (2018). Open Access Theses.] P.27-28.</ref>
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