How does Greek language sound to you?

**~~Petros Houhoulis~~** · 06-20-2013, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by Sikeliot

Am I the only one who has contemplated a possible link between Lithuanian/Latvian and Greek? A lot of surnames look coincidentally similar even, and I have been told that the Greek language would have come from the north.

The Lithuanian/Latvian languages retain the archaic -is -as endings for names that were common in the Ancient Greek and Thracian languages. The Lithuanians/Latvians are closest descendants of the Thracians.

**wvwvw** · 06-20-2013, 09:12 AM

I tried to find a you tube video in Sanskrit that sounds somewhat similar to Greek but all of a sudden they don't sound familiar at all. So maybe it was some other Indian dialect I heard

**wvwvw** · 06-20-2013, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by Petros Houhoulis

The Lithuanian/Latvian languages retain the archaic -is -as endings for names that were common in the Ancient Greek and Thracian languages. The Lithuanians/Latvians are closest descendants of the Thracians.

Linguistically you mean?

**~~Baldur~~** · 06-20-2013, 09:17 AM

lol russian and greek doesn't sound similar.

**~~Sikeliot~~** · 06-20-2013, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Raine

I tried to find a you tube video in Sanskrit that sounds somewhat similar to Greek but all of a sudden they don't sound familiar at all. So maybe it was some other Indian dialect I heard

Sanskrit is no longer spoken natively. But it is the origin of many Indo-Iranian languages including Gypsy.

**wvwvw** · 06-20-2013, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by acmilan87

lol russian and greek doesn't sound similar.

What he meant is that we both have strong accent when we try to speak English, so we sound similar in a way (because of our strong r maybe)

**wvwvw** · 06-20-2013, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Sikeliot

Sanskrit is no longer spoken natively. But it is the origin of many Indo-Iranian languages including Gypsy.

Interesting, I didn't know that. Sankskrit must be the 'mother' of all Indian dialects then.

**wvwvw** · 06-20-2013, 09:44 AM

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**Cleitus** · 06-21-2013, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by Raine

It's not as if Sicilians can understand ancient Greek either you moron. Greek sounds infinitely better to Albanian which sounds incredibly similar to Chechen, Armenian and other Caucasus languages. Albanian is very unpleasant language to hear.

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