Re: Celts & Cimmerians

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>
> I have yet to hear two Europeans of the same "folk" using any
> other language but their own in ordinary conversation. There's
> a distinction between "being able to speak" and "speak".

Glen has already mentioned the American aboriginals,
and the Australian aboriginals could be included as
well. I also have a friend who moved to Canada from
Ossetia only a few years ago, and he insists that there
are "at least 100-150 thousands" of the sort of younger
Ossete who can speak only Russian, and that their numbers
are growing fast. This is in Ossetia itself, not just
among the diaspora.

> As for those Cimbri changing language: They even changed their
> bosses' names to Celtic: Teutobodus, Boiorix etc. Finds in Denark
> from that time are also Celtic. Odd.

I don't know anything about that. I was only making
a point to Alex about what is not only possible, but
also very common.

David