[SunkenCiv]

Carian was a non-Greek tongue, apparently from Anatolia and points east, but according to ancient sources (and to some extent, artifacts), was spoken at one time throughout the Aegean and in Greece. The Greek city Corinth translates as "place of the Kar".

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[jimtorr]

Of course, the actual Greek tribes, like the Achaeans, Dorians and Hellenes, Indo-European peoples all, were comparative latecomers on the scene. It only makes sense that the cultures they displaced spoke a different language.

[VadeRetro]

Wonder if Carian, if deciphered, will offer clues to the so-far mysterious Minoan language and its Linear A script.