The Etruscan alphabet was used, between the 7 Th and 2 Th century BC, by a people which language is unknown and of difficult translation. The Etruscan civilisation formed in Toscania reached its highest point in the 5 Th century and suffered its fall between the 4 Th and 1 St century, in the sequence of Gaulish invasions and the Roman conquests. This language can't be catalogued in the Indo-European or pre Indo-European language, or in any other linguistic family until now recognised. Its alphabet is similar to a primitive Greek alphabet used by the Dorios of Sicilian. The conditions of this transmission are until now unknown.