Encyclopedia - Ancient Macedonian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Macedonian Language - Classification
Due to the fragmentary attestation widely diverging interpretations are possible. The suggested historical interpretations of Macedonian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thracian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Language - Classification
There are enough Thracian examples with characteristic Satem sound-shifts to include Thracian in the Satem group of Indo-European languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phrygian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Phrygian Language - Vocabulary
A sizable body of Phrygian words are theoretically known; however, the meaning and etymologies and even correct forms of many Phrygian wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phrygian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Phrygian Language - Grammar
Its structure, what can be recovered from it, was typically Indo-European, with nouns declined for case (at least 4), gender (3) and numb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thracian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Language - Vocabulary
The most reliable Thracian words are the words which have been explicitly cited and described as Thracian by the ancient authors. There a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great
Alexander the Great (in Greek Μέγας Αλέξανδρος, transliterated Megas Alexandros; born in Pella, Macedon, in July, 356 BC, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thracian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Language - Sources
As an extinct language that has no literature left, there's little known about it, but some Thracian words can be found cited in ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macedon: Encyclopedia Ii - Macedon - Hellenic Controversy
The controversy whether or not ancient Macedonia should be considered a Hellenic state is addressed variously: based on ancient sources, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macedonian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Macedonian Language - Different Political Views On The Language
Macedonian language - Macedonian view. According to the Macedonian view, now prevalent and official in the books in Republic of Macedon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - Phonology
This section generally describes the post-Classic phonology of the Greek language. All phonetic transcriptions in this section use the I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - Classification
The various subgroups of the Indo-European family include (in historical order of their first attestation): Anatolian languages — earl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - Classification
The various subgroups of the Indo-European family include (in historical order of their first attestation): Anatolian languages — earl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illyrian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Illyrian Languages - Language Affinity
Further than belonging to the Indo-European language family, probably as a centum language, the relation of Illyrian to other ancient and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Language - Contacts With Other Languages
Romanian language - Dacian language. The Dacian language was an Indo-European language spoken by the ancient Dacians. It may have been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Proto-greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Proto-greek Language - Phonology
Greek is a Centum language, which would place a Graeco-Aryan protolanguage before Satemization, making it identical to late PIE. Proto-Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Period Of Conquests
Alexander the Great - The defeat of the Persian Empire. Alexander's army had crossed the Hellespont with about 40,000 soldiers---primar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - Phonology
This section generally describes the post-Classic phonology of the Greek language. All phonetic transcriptions in this section use the I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illyrian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Illyrian Languages - Outside Influences
The Ancient Greek language (and also the Ancient Macedonian language) would have become an important external influence on Illyrian-speak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illyrian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Illyrian Languages - Illyrian Words
Only a few Illyrian words are cited in Classical sources by Roman or Greek writers: brisa, "husk of grapes" [citation needed] rhinos, "f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Language - Language Sample
English text: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illyrian Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Illyrian Languages - Illyrian Names
Illyrian names borrowed from Greek: Glaukias, akin to Gk. glaukos, "gleaming, gray, gray-green, etc." Kleitos, akin to Gk. kleinos, "ren...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Language - Writing System
The first written record of a Romanic language spoken in the Middle Ages in the Balkans was written by the Byzantine chronicler Theophane...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - History
This article does not cover the reconstructed history of Greek prior to the use of writing. For more information, see main article on Pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - Examples
Greek language - Some common words and phrases. Greek (man): Έλληνας, IPA /ˈe̞liˌnas/ Greek (woman): Ελληνίδα /ˌe̞...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - Literature
Greek language - Typography. Athena, public domain polytonic Greek font Gentium — a typeface for the nations, a freely available fon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - Writing System
Modern Greek is written in the late Ionic variant of the Greek alphabet, the oldest discovered inscriptions of which date to the 8th or 9...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - Grammar
Ancient Greek, like all of the older Indo-European languages, was highly inflected. For example nouns (including proper nouns) have five ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Language - Sounds
Main article: Romanian phonology Romanian has seven vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, /ə/, and /ɨ/. Additionally, vowel    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Death
On the afternoon of June 10 - 11, 323 BC, Alexander died of a mysterious illness in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon. He was on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Language - Grammar
Romanian nouns are inflected by gender (feminine, masculine and neuter), number (singular and plural) and case (nominative/accusative, da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - History
This article does not cover the reconstructed history of Greek prior to the use of writing. For more information, see main article on Pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - Examples
Greek language - Some common words and phrases. Greek (man): Έλληνας, IPA /ˈe̞liˌnas/ Greek (woman): Ελληνίδα /ˌe̞...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macedon: Encyclopedia Ii - Macedon - Language
See main article: Ancient Macedonian language. The language spoken by the area's inhabitants prior to the 5th century BC, and continued i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macedon: Encyclopedia Ii - Macedon - Expansion
Under Philip II, (359-336 BC), Macedon expanded into the territory of the Paionians, Thracians, and Illyrians. This brought into its orbi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - Sound Changes
As the Indo-European languages broke up, the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) sound system diverged as well. The difference between the palatali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macedon: Encyclopedia Ii - Macedon - Early History
The first Macedonian state emerged 8th or early 7th century BC under the Argead Dynasty, when the Macedonians are said to have migrated t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macedonian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Macedonian Language - Classification And Related Languages
The Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian and Bulgarian languages are related to Macedonian, but they are significantly different, except...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - Writing System
Modern Greek is written in the late Ionic variant of the Greek alphabet, the oldest discovered inscriptions of which date to the 8th or 9...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Language - Classification And Related Languages
Romanian is a Romance language, belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family, having much in common with languages...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Language - Geographic Distribution
Romanian is spoken mostly in Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, but there are also Romanian language sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Language - History
The Romanian territory was inhabited in ancient times by the Dacians, an Indo-European people. They were defeated by the Roman Empire in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Language - Grammar
Ancient Greek, like all of the older Indo-European languages, was highly inflected. For example nouns (including proper nouns) have five ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Proto-greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Proto-greek Language - Morphology
Proto-Greek language - Noun. The PIE dative, instrumental and locative cases are syncretized into a single dative case. Some desinences...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Proto-greek Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Proto-greek Language - Example Text
Eduard Schwyzer in his Griechische Grammatik (1939, I.74f.) projected the initial lines of Plato's Apology into Proto-Greek: ὅτι μ�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indo-european Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - Indo-european Languages - History
See also: Proto-Indo-European, Historical linguistics, Glottochronology. The possibility of common origin for some of these languages was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Macedonian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Macedonian Language - Properties
Only little about the language can be said from the few words that survive. A notable sound-law is that PIE voiced aspirates appear as vo...   » Read the article