Re: [tied] Re: Ancient Macedonian

Hi,
My name is Alina and I've studied Classical filology. Latin and Ancient
Greek. So, if I can help you, I'll do it with pleasure.
Alina

----- Original Message -----
From: "João Simões Lopes Filho" <jodan99@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 05:57
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Ancient Macedonian


> Maybe Macedonian was related to Phrygian or Thracian (bh>b)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Odegard <markodegard@...>
> To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 1:12 AM
> Subject: [tied] Re: Ancient Macedonian
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> > > 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@...
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> > 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.
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> > Mark.
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