Zecharia Mayani

Zacharie Mayani (Russia, 1899 – 1982) was a French writer and author.

Education and publications

He was educated at Paris University, where he received his doctorate in 1935. He was also a student in the École du Louvre.

His book Les Etrusques commencent a parler (The Etruscans Begin to Speak) put forth a thesis with exuberant reconstructions that the Etruscan language of antiquity had links to the modern Albanian language. This connection is dismissed by most scholars as "wildly speculative". Comparative linguistics have long demonstrated that Albanian is a unique branch of the Indo-European languages, whereas the classification of Etruscan remains uncertain.

He also in Les Hyksos et le monde de la Bible (Paris:Payoy,1956) emphasized a connection between the Hebrews, the Kenites and the Habiru. Zachari also supported that Canaanites went into Asia Minor, Illyria, and even Italy.