As to the Dacian language, only about 150 words are known today. It had roots in thracian, that is all we know. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there are many more words than that known from Thracian either (180-200). In many of the names we are trying to use Dacian and Thracian words, but there are lots of places where we can't fill the gaps easily. And insted of using English, we put the words in Greek. Greek is the source of some of the names anyway so it's not a very far step, and is much more appropriate than using English or Latin or modern Romanian names. Out of the total unit list we have, it looks like more than half the unit names have dacian or thracian words as part or all of the unit name (sometimes they are paired with a Greek adjective to make the name more precise).
edit: It is ironic that you use Greek in your subtitle to say something "Dacian"?
"Basileus tôn Rhômaiôn"
Re: Countdown to Open Beta - Getai
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
As to the Dacian language, only about 150 words are known today. It had roots in thracian, that is all we know. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there are many more words than that known from Thracian either (180-200). In many of the names we are trying to use Dacian and Thracian words, but there are lots of places where we can't fill the gaps easily. And insted of using English, we put the words in Greek. Greek is the source of some of the names anyway so it's not a very far step, and is much more appropriate than using English or Latin or modern Romanian names. Out of the total unit list we have, it looks like more than half the unit names have dacian or thracian words as part or all of the unit name (sometimes they are paired with a Greek adjective to make the name more precise).
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