Re: [tied] Re: Indo-Iranian

--- altamix <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

> george knysh wrote:
>
> > or would you distinguish these issues? I.e. Do you
> > accept (or not) that the Macedonians as a group
> are a
> > different ethnos or nation (in the "right of
> nations
> > to self-determination" sense) from the Bulgarians
> or
> > not? Would you see their relationship as something
> > akin to that of Romanians and Moldavians or as
> > something more definitively (as far as anything in
> > this world can be "definitive") established for
> > purposes of ethno-national identity?******
> >
>
>
> I am afraid I do not understand right the sense of
> "a relation more
> definitively" as the one between Romanians and
> Moldavinas. How should
> be characterised in your eyes as nonmoldavian &
> nonromanian this
> relationship between Romanians and Moldavians?
>
> Alex

******GK: I think (subject to correction) that
Moldavians and Romanians are the same people,
ethnically Romanian, but currently organized as
distinct states. But of course, it's up to the
Moldavians to decide if they want to be a nation as
well as a state. However, I don't think that
Macedonians and Bulgarians are the same people,
ethnically Bulgarian, and currently organized as
distinct states. I think (and so does Eva actually)
that they are different nationalities, even if closely
related at the level of language.*****

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