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Classification of Thracian

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."

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-Balkan languages.[1][2] It is not contested, however, that the Thracian languages were Indo-European languages which had acquired satem characteristics by the time they are attested.

  1. ^ This is confirmed among others by Benjamin W. Fortson in his Indo-European Language and Culture, when he states that "all attempts to relate Thracian to Phrygian, Illyrian, or Dacian...are...purely speculative." (p. 90).
  2. ^ Ilija Casule even links Thracian and Phrygian with the Burushaski language, a language isolate spoken in northern Pakistan.

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