Ethnology

The study of mankind in tribes, races, and nations; treating of all that relates to their physical characteristics, their language, manners, customs, religion, . Somewhat different from the word Anthropology . See Latham: “Descriptive Ethnology,” and others; Prichard: “Physical History of Mankind,” and others. Etrurian or Etruscan . An early dialect of Italy, known only from inscriptions; it is cla ed by some as Thraco-Pelasgic or Greco-Latin . The Etruscans were the most dominant power of Italy in pre-Roman times; their native appellation was Ras or Rasena, but the Latins called them Tusci, the Greeks called them Tyrrhenians. The Abbé Migne has discu ed the whole question. See “ Dict. de Linguist i que ,” ., folios 554-600, where the authorities are cited and references given. Works by Mrs. Gray, Lord Crawfurd, Döderlein, Müller, Betham, Zeu , Mommsen, and Steub. See Palæo-Georgian .