Could Someone Point Me In The Right Direction About the Ligurian Language

So, I've bee looking all over the internet for sources about the Ligurian language spoken by the ancient Ligures, but have found nothing. I need just some words, names, place names, anything really. If someone could please help a guy out, it'd be appreciated.
 

Vitruvius

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There doesn't seem to be much freely available online. There have been a number of recent publications but they're not available through google books, though you could probably find some of them at a University library. The other issue is of course that many sources are in Italian. I did notice this website, in Italian of course but I believe Google can give you a passable translation should one be needed. From what I gather there's still some debate on the nature of the Ligurian language because there are few surviving records of it. If you are looking for place names specifically this website is very good for toponyms. I hope that helps. In bocca al lupo!
 
Basically, the (very) scarce evidence would point to a Continental Celtic language, already from the 6th century BC onwards. But I'm quite obstinate, on the basis of very ancient toponyms and a general musing upon the likely remote origins of the population, in sticking with the old school and consider it a pre-Indoeuropean language, only in later (however largely pre-Roman) times to be replaced by a mixture of Celtic and Latin that was to give way in turn to the modern Gallo-Italic Ligurian dialect(s).
 
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