Re: Ancient Macedonian

From: Mark Odegard
Message: 4622
Date: 2000-11-11

> Hello, I am an Italian student really in love with Indo-European
> linguistics! Now I am starting studying the ancient Macedonian
Greek
> dialect. I'd like to receive some contributions, some material,
some
> information about it. Thanks a lot! terraemotus@...

So far as I know, there is not that much available. If you have a
text, it probably covers the subject as well as can be.

It has some quirks. Berenike ('Bearer of Victory') is a Macedonian
royal name. Proper Greek would render this as Pheronike (?=Latin
Veronica?).

It is admitted the name may not actually be Macedonian (albeit
indisputably Indo-European), any could easily be a borrowing. If it's
Greek, it would mean Macedonian was quite archaic, not having
experienced certain of the Greek sound shifts.

The evidence is scant.

Mark.