Dacian language

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The Dacian language was an extinct Indo-European tongue once spoken by the ancient Dacian people in the region that is now primarily Romania and surrounding areas.

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Label Occurrences
Dacian language canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language
ancient language
extinct language
associatedPeople Getae (often linked in ancient sources)
linked to: Getae
attestedBy ancient Greek sources
ancient Latin sources
epigraphic evidence
ethnonyms
hydronyms
personal names
toponyms
closelyRelatedTo Thracian language (hypothesized)
consideredPartOf Paleo-Balkan languages
linked to: Illyrian language
era ancient times
extinction around 5th century AD
geographicExtent eastern and southeastern Carpathian region
glottocode daci1242
hasAlternativeName Geto-Dacian (in some scholarship)
hasReconstructionStatus poorly reconstructed
hasUncertainClassification true
hasUncertainRelationshipWith Illyrian language
Phrygian language
ISO639-3 xdc
knownFrom limited lexical material
languageFamily Indo-European
linguisticEvidenceType glosses in classical texts
onomastic data
possiblyInfluenced Romanian language substrate
primarySourcesLanguage Greek
Latin
region Carpathian Mountains
Lower Danube region
researchField Indo-European studies
historical linguistics
spokenBy Dacians
linked to: Dacian tribes
spokenDuring Roman conquest of Dacia
linked to: Dacian Wars
spokenIn Dacia
parts of modern Bulgaria
parts of modern Hungary
parts of modern Moldova
parts of modern Serbia
territory of modern Romania
status extinct
subfamily possibly Balto-Slavic
possibly Thraco-Dacian
supersededBy Vulgar Latin in Roman Dacia
linked to: Romanized Dacians
timePeriod at least 1st millennium BC to early 1st millennium AD
writingSystem unknown or poorly attested

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Dacian tribes spokeLanguage Dacian language