Paleo-Balkan languages
- Paleo-Balkan languages
The Paleo-Balkan languages were the
Indo-European languages that were spoken in theBalkans inancient times .Clarifyme|date=September 2008 With the exception of Greek and the language that gave rise to Albanian (see below), they are all extinct, due toHellenization (in the south), Romanization (in the north) as well as the laterSlavic migrations .*
Dacian language
*Thracian language
*Illyrian language
*Paionian language
*Proto-Greek language
**Greek language
*Armenian language Fact|date=September 2008
*Phrygian language Fact|date=September 2008Albanian may have evolved from Dacian, Thracian, or Illyrian, but it is still disputed which language was its ancestor.
Because of the fragmentary evidence that has survived, it is unknown how closely related these languages were, i.e., whether they belonged to a common branch of the
Indo-European language family or merely aSprachbund . However, no linguist proposes that theLiburnian language ---which is generally considered to have been closely akin to theVenetic language ---is part of the same IE branch as theGreek language .Many
substratum words of Paleo-Balkan origin are found in Romanian, and in some South Slavic languages.ee also
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Thraco-Cimmerian s
*Balkanization
*Origin of Albanians
*Eastern Romance substratum
*Prehistoric Balkans
*Thraco-Illyrian References
*"A Grammar of Modern Indo-European" [http://books.google.com/books?id=cm-VwKgY8jcC&pg=PA78&dq=Illyrian+rhinos&sig=NCWKvxdePWzZERB2FEG4GK-OqiE Pages 73-81] by Carlos Quiles ISBN 8461176391
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