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The Thracian language (/ ˈ θ r eɪ ʃ ən /) 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. [2] The point at which Thracian became extinct is a ...
The modern boundaries of Thrace in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey The physical–geographical boundaries of Thrace: the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Rhodope Mountains (highlighted) and the Bosporus The Roman province of Thrace c. 200 AD The Byzantine thema of Thrace Map of Ancient Thrace made by Abraham Ortelius in 1585, stating both the names Thrace and Europe Thrace and the Thracian ...
Thracia or Thrace (Ancient Greek: Θρᾴκη, romanized: Thrakē) is the ancient name given to the southeastern Balkan region, the land inhabited by the Thracians. Thrace was ruled by the Odrysian kingdom during the Classical and Hellenistic eras, and briefly by the Greek Diadochi ruler Lysimachus , but became a client state of the late Roman ...
The Thracians culturally interacted with the peoples surrounding them – Greeks, Persians, Scythians and Celts [17] [18] Thracians spoke the now extinct Thracian language and shared a common culture. [1] The last reported use of a Thracian language was by monks in the 6th century AD. The scientific study of the Thracians is known as Thracology.
The Baltic classification of Dacian and Thracian was proposed by the Lithuanian polymath Jonas Basanavičius, referred to as "Patriarch of Lithuania", who insisted this is the most important work of his life and listed 600 identical words of Balts and Thracians [8] [9] [10] and was the first to investigate similarities in vocal traditions between Lithuanians and Bulgarians. [11]
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The speech of Jeju Island is not mutually intelligible with standard Korean, suggesting that it should be treated as a separate language. [33] Standard 15th-century texts include a back central unrounded vowel /ʌ/ (written with the Hangul letter ㆍ ), which has merged with other vowels in mainland dialects but is retained as a distinct vowel in Jeju. [34]
Dionysius Thrax (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Θρᾷξ Dionýsios ho Thrâix, 170–90 BC) was a Greek [1] grammarian and a pupil of Aristarchus of Samothrace.He was long considered to be the author of the earliest grammatical text on the Greek language, one that was used as a standard manual for perhaps some 1,500 years, [2] and which was until recently regarded as the groundwork of ...