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Dacian language
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Dacian is an extinct language generally believed to be a member of the Indo-European language family that was spoken in the ancient region of Dacia.
A fragment of a vase collected by Mihail Dimitriu at the site of Poiana, Galați (Piroboridava), Romania illustrating the use of Greek and Latin letter
A fragment of a vase collected by Mihail Dimitriu at the site of Poiana, Galați (Piroboridava), Romania illustrating the use of Greek and Latin letters by a Dacian potter (source: Dacia journal, 1933)
Gold stater coin found in Dacia. Obverse: Roman magistrate with lictors. Legend ΚΟΣΩΝ (Coson) and (left centre) monogram BR or OΛB. Reverse: Eagle clu
Gold stater coin found in Dacia. Obverse: Roman magistrate with lictors. Legend ΚΟΣΩΝ (Coson) and (left centre) monogram BR or OΛB. Reverse: Eagle clutching laurel-wreath. Probably minted in a Greek Black sea city (Olbia?), commissioned by a Thracian or Getan king (Cotiso? Koson?) or by a high Roman official (Brutus?), in honour of the other. Late 1st century BC
Dacian kingdom at its territorial peak during Burebista reign.
Dacian kingdom at its territorial peak during Burebista reign.
Onomastic range of towns with the dava or deva ending considered to be characteristic of the Dacian language. They are mostly found throughout Dacia a
Onomastic range of towns with the dava or deva ending considered to be characteristic of the Dacian language. They are mostly found throughout Dacia and northern Thrace, some also in eastern Illyria.
Classification of Thracian
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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-Ba
Dacian language
…and Trask (2000). Dacian as 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). Dacian, Thracian, the Baltic languages (Duridanov also adds Pelasgian) as a distinct…
Golden ring (5th century BC) with inscription in Thracian: it reads (in the Greek alphabet) Rolisteneas erenea tiltean ēsko Arazea domean Tilezypta mi
Golden ring (5th century BC) with inscription in Thracian: it reads (in the Greek alphabet) Rolisteneas erenea tiltean ēsko Arazea domean Tilezypta miē era zēlta, "I am Rolisteneas, a descendant of Nereneas; Tilezypta, an Arazian woman, delivered me to the ground."