Tartessian language

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The Tartessian language is seemingly unrelated to all other languages, including Indo-European or Iberian language families, and is therefore considered a language isolate. Texts have been found in the Tartessian language in parts of Southwestern Spain and Southern Portugal (namely in the Conii areas of the Algarve and southern Alentejo - this variety is often refered as Southwest script). Tartessian is a pre-Roman extinct language.

The oldest known indigenous texts of Iberia are written in Tartessian and are dated from the 7th to 6th centuries BC. The inscriptions are written in a semi-syllabic writing system and were found in the general area where Tartessos is supposed to have been and surrounding areas of influence.