tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post8534488051908887647..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: Empires and Barbarians: Language anglesMr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-9613816438519640342010-06-05T15:21:10.898-05:002010-06-05T15:21:10.898-05:00Thanks. Yeah, that looks like the other stuff I...Thanks. Yeah, that looks like the other stuff I've seen. The only thing that seems REALLY clear -- and Heather makes much of it -- is that many or most of these groups (Huns, Goths, whoever) readily absorbed 'foreigners' into their ranks for military and often other purposes.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-21988246740827172912010-06-05T15:12:41.023-05:002010-06-05T15:12:41.023-05:00> we really don’t know what language(s) the Hun...> we really don’t know what language(s) the Huns spoke, but it was in all likelihood non-Indo-European, maybe Finno-Ugric or Turkic. Heather argues that they adopted Germanic as a lingua franca. He doesn’t quite put it so explicitly, but I think he’s suggesting that many Huns eventually switched to speaking Germanic (and some other) languages before they dissolved as a distinct group.<br /><br />Just throwing in three links:<br /><br />http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001869.php<br /><br />http://www.kroraina.com/huns/mh/<br /><br />http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000615.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com