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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla

why would you call the Romanians ethnically Celtic? They were Dacians before the Romans came along — and the Dacians were related to the Thracian branch of the Indo-European family, quite distinct from the Celtic, Germanic/Nordic, Slavic, Italic or Greek branches. They were mostly killed off by the Romans and the land repopulated with Roman soldiers — who may have been Italics or Celt-Iberians from Hispania (ok, SOME celtic blood :), or could have had Sarmatian (i.e. Irani) blood. But not Celtic in the sense of Western France or BRitannia.


10 posted on 11/23/2009 9:39:52 PM PST by Cronos (Nuke Mecca and Medina NOW!!! 2010 -- Kick the dims OUT!!)
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To: Cronos

Because that is the way I learned it. I see that it is considered an eastern Indo European or Satem, language, like Indo-Iranian, Armenian, and Slavic, as opposed to a western Indo European or Centum languge, like Germanic, Celtic, Italic, etc. Thank you, always learning something on FR.


11 posted on 11/24/2009 9:18:08 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (a wild-eyed, exclusionist, birther religio-beast -- Daily Kos)
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