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The Thracian language ( / ˈθreɪʃən /) is an extinct and poorly attested language, spoken in ancient times in Southeast Europe by the Thracians. The linguistic affinities of the Thracian language are poorly understood, but it is generally agreed that it was an Indo-European language with satem features. A contemporary, neighboring language ...
- 6th century AD
Thracians followed a polytheistic religion with monotheistic elements. One of their customs was tattooing, common among both men and women. The Thracians culturally interacted with the peoples surrounding them – Greeks, Persians, Scythians and Celts Thracians spoke the extinct Thracian language and shared a common culture.
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This means that the Thracian language was preserved during the Roman Age as one of the principal characteristics of the Thracian ethnos and as a factor for the preservation of the ethnic identity of the Thracians until the end of Late Antiquity. Bibliography Beševliev, V. 1964. Über manche ältere Theorien von der Romanisierung der Thraker.
a) Thracian was not Phrygian (or the opposite). In the past many linguists grouped Thracian in one group with Phrygian (Thraco-Phrygian). However, Phrygian is a centum language with such an affinity to Greek that it is evident both languages had a common pre-historic background. b) Thracian was not Illyrian.
Thracian language, language spoken by the inhabitants of Thrace primarily in pre-Greek and early Greek times. Generally assumed to be an Indo-European language, Thracian is known from proper names, glosses in Greek writings, and a small number of inscriptions, some of which appear on coins; these sources date from as early as the 6th century bc .
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Classification of Thracian. The linguistic classification of the ancient Thracian language has long been a matter of contention and uncertainty, and there are widely varying hypotheses regarding its position among other Paleo-Balkan languages. [1] [2] It is not contested, however, that the Thracian languages were Indo-European languages which ...
onies along the strip of Thrace that borders the northern. Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The first years were. hard: the Thracians were tough fighters, and much blood was spilled before they gave up their rights of possession and grudgingly retreated into the mountains and valleys. that lay behind the coastal plain.
