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Dacian was a language distinct from Thracian but closely related to it, belonging to the same branch of the Indo-European family (a "Thraco-Dacian", or "Daco-Thracian" branch has been theorised by some linguists).
The Illyrian language (/ ɪ ˈ l ɪr i ə n /) was an Indo-European language or group of languages spoken by the Illyrians in Southeast Europe during antiquity. The language is unattested with the exception of personal names and placenames.
The language spoken by the habitants of this large area formed the four Daco-Romance dialects: Aromanian, spoken in some areas of Albania and Macedonia, Megleno-Romanian spoken in areas from Macedonia and Greece, Istro-Romanian located on the peninsula of Istria, and Daco-Romanian (DRom) in today’s Romania.
Mar 28, 2008 · Associated with the so-called Lusatian civilization, the concept of ‘Illyrian’ has been misused by a whole generation of scholars to characterize a wave of apparently Indo-European movements in various parts of Europe and even the Middle East.
- E. C. Polomé
- 1982
Some historians and linguists consider Dacian language to be a dialect of or the same language as Thracian. The vocalism and consonantism differentiate the Dacian and Thracian languages. Others consider that Dacian and Illyrian form regional varieties (dialects) of a common language.
Feb 14, 2023 · The population of today’s Romania spoke in antiquity a language known as Dacian, classified by linguists as an Indo-European language. The Dacian language remains a mystery, and the limited direct testimony of written documents, mostly toponyms, hydronyms, and...
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A Daco-Thracian (or Thraco-Dacian) grouping with Dacian as either the same language or different from Thracian was widely held until the 1950s, but is untenable (according to J. P. Mallory) in light of toponymic evidence: only a percent of place names north of the Danube betray "pan-Thracian" roots.
