Southwest script
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Southwest script is the name given to the form of Pre-Roman writing present in a group of tablets found in the south of Portugal. It is considered the first form of writing in western Iberia (south of Portugal - the Algarve and southern Alentejo).
The Southwest script (still to be translated), denotes strong Tartessian influence in its use of a modified Phoenician alphabet. In this writings the word Conii (similar to Cunetes or Cynetes, the people of the Algarve) appears frequently.
The language corresponding to the set of brief inscriptions that have been found, given that in the zone of Tartessos proper little documentation is extant, is still the object of discution whether this writing corresponds to the Tartessian language or if it is a peripheral language to Tartessos.
Many historians have been praised for a giving a different name to these stelae: South Lusitanian. They have pointed out that the texts do not appear in the zone generally considered Tartessian (between Huelva and the valley of the Guadalquivir). On the other hand, the name "South Lusitanian" is inconvenient, as it implies a relation with the Lusitanian language. Other name proposals include Bastulo-Turdetanian, Southeastern, and Algarvan.
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