Talk:Galatian language
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Please provide a published source backing up the claim that Galatian is a mixed language. --Angr/tɔk tə mi 18:28, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
- Isn't Ankara a Galatian word? Grant65 | Talk 09:28, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Map
The map seems to show ca. 2nd century A.D. Roman sub-provincial boundaries -- is there any real evidence that the area where the Galatian language was spoken was identical with the area of the Roman administrative unit? AnonMoos 13:54, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- Right, that map's intended to illustrate administrative boundaries. Now compare those with this map of Galatian place-names and La Tène archaeological material, put together by the good folks at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. By and large, the correspondence is good; however, there's at least a scattering of Galatian material elsewhere; and also the southern stretches of administrative Galatia, stretching down towards Konya (i.e. the region north of the word Lycaonia on the map) don't show any signs of Galatian settlement. Now, anybody can buy, steal, or imitate La Tène archaeological material regardless of one's language; but the place-names at least are direct linguistic witness. QuartierLatin1968
00:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
