> And then of course I noted that the Daci suddenly disappeared without
> a trace. Aha! And many medieval chroniclers identify the Danes with
> Daci. Oho! But since this is a forum about linguistics I should offer
> evidence of that category:
>
> The prototype of all Sprachbund's, the Balkan one is placed "on top
> of" Geto-Dacian and Thracian. How do we know that all the common
> features of Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Albanian are not due
> to a Geto-Dacian or Thracian substrate? E.g. the suffixed definite
> article. Which latter features is shared with the North Germanic
> languages (outside of West Jutland).
>
> I have heard, anecdote-wise, that a similar construction to the
> Bulgarian suffixed definite article -&t, -ta, -to is used in
> colloquial Russian and Polish. Is this true? If so, is it limited to
> any particular geographical area?
>
> Torsten
Hi thorsten
I tried to find similarities in Europa aboout this way to make the definite
artikel at the end of the word.
It happens that in the area just rumanians, bulgarians and .. macedonians
use to make the definite article at the end of the word.
So because the macedonians are a special point i should like to take just
the Bulgarians and Rumanians.
If we take a look on the maps, we are hardly obliged to constat that these
both countries occupe to say so, the old Thracia.
Rumanians in North, Bulgarian in South. More over the linguist agrre that
these gramatical traces in their languages , Bulgars got it from Romanians.
In a way it is acceptable due the salvs "assimilated " the thracian people
in Moesia and so they could get some thraces to languages of the slavs.
OK. I should like to get a "family look"
The Bulgars belong to slavic family
The Rumanins is suposed tobelong to latin family.
But, both of them, they are exceptions in thier families. No another
language in thier own family has this rule with the definite article.
French, italian, portugal, spanish, they do not have this rule
Slovacs, Tschech, Polonians, Russian, Ukrainians, Serbs ( i guess serbs too)
they do not have this rule.
That must lay IMHO on the thracian-dacian root ( es ist ja die einzige
Erklärung die man verfolgen konnte)
Thare are really too many "coincidence" for closing the eyes.Dont you think?
Best Regards,
A. Moeller
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