Re: [tied] Re: Celts/Gauls

Hi Torsten, you wrote:

> In my opinion, the Tungri (after whom Tongern in Flanders was named)
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> were Thuringians, thus the first tribe to speak Germanic as we know
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Torsten, what do you mean by them being the first to speak Germanic
as we know it?

(but note: no Germanic shift yet, it must have taken place just

> after); later, as more tribes were subjugated and picked up the new
> camp language, all these tribes were known as Germani.

What's this new camp language? Do you mean they spoke Celtic before
acquiring the Thuringian's dialect or a different form of Germanic? ANd
what evidence is there of the Tungri being the Thuringians?

WOuld love to know- Michael
This also

> meant a social revolution for them: the druids lost power, so there
> was no one there to uphold proper standards for the (complicated)
> language.
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