Origins of the Greek language

[George S.]

.Why Many greeks say that the ancient macs never had a their own language.We know that they had & it wasn't greek. don't claim to be an expert but what do you think of odisee has he got a point about 2400 Macedonian words being part of the English language. f this true? or is it fakery on their part .Seing I'm not an expert on this topic why don't you fill us in non experIs that too much an askAlso I'm nt jealous or whatever if someone knows more.A person who knows more should share the knowedge with others for the good.How are we going to achieve greatness if pople on't share their finds.SOM you know what I mean.This is a vital piece f research knowing about the ancient Macedonians.Why not start a thread
& 'llshut my mouth & eat humble pie & absorb it It do mean it in the nicest way.I searched & I couldn't find anything on the MTO site.

[Soldier of Macedon]

.Why Many greeks say that the ancient macs never had a their own language.We know that they had & it wasn't greek.

If you know that their claims are false, there is no point in raising the same irrelevant question, unless you have some specific point you wish to make which would add value to the topic.

don't claim to be an expert but what do you think of odisee has he got a point about 2400 Macedonian words being part of the English language.

If there are similarities between Macedonian and English it has more to do with their common Indo-European origin than anything else. And that is the basis he should have used in his works instead of claiming that the latter has inherited 2400 words from the former.

A person who knows more should share the knowedge with others for the good.

That is what I have been doing, and that is why people should do more research and ask more relevant questions rather than make wild and uninformed / ill-informed claims which will only embarrass Macedonians.

This is a vital piece f research knowing about the ancient Macedonians. Why not start a thread & 'llshut my mouth & eat humble pie & absorb it

There are many threads dedicated to the ancient Macedonians. Use the search function. As for their language, I created the thread cited on the below link for that purpose, but if you don't have at least a basic understanding of how linguistics works then much of it will not be easy reading.

http://www.macedoniantruth.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4965

I don't allow people to just post anything on that thread unless they know what they're talking about, so keep that in mind, because there are other threads where you can ask basic questions, and if you can't find them, then you can create one. One of the problems with many Macedonians is that they seem to forget that ancient Macedonian is a poorly attested language and a large amount of reconstruction and comparative linguistics is required to understand anything about it.

[George S.]

I was just plain thinking that the greek claim for alexander to speak greek & because of that t be greek is a loose & unproven lie.We know because the acedonians had their own language of which the greeks found it unitelligibleThis claim negates the greeks claim which is very important.My questions for more info beyond that.What have scietists,linguists discovered beyond that.?????For that you need to call in the experts themselves.At one point they reconed upto 10,000 ancient macedodonianwords are known?? My knowledge is pretty limited.maybe someone who knows more can shed more light on it..Som if you know let us know because we do get into an argument with greeks who think its all greek to them.