The Dacians (/ˈdeɪʃənz/; Latin: Daci [ˈdaːkiː]; Ancient Greek: Δάκοι,[1] Δάοι,[1] Δάκαι[2]) were the ancient Indo-European inhabitants of the cultural region of Dacia, located in the area near the Carpathian Mountains and west of the Black Sea. They are often considered a subgroup of the Thracians.[3][4][5] This area includes mainly the present-day countries of Romania and Moldova, as well as parts of Ukraine,[6] Eastern Serbia, Northern Bulgaria, Slovakia,[7] Hungary and Southern Poland.[6] The Dacians and the related Getae[8] spoke the Dacian language, which has a debated relationship with the neighbouring Thracian language and may be a subgroup of it.[9][10] Dacians were somewhat culturally influenced by the neighbouring Scythians and by the Celtic invaders of the 4th century BC.[11]
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