I'm very interested in linguistics, and I have to give props to the EB team for going the distance to make all the voice sets accurate. However, the use of the Celtic language for the Getai to me seems kind of like a "neccessary substitute" given the lack of knowledge on the Dacian language.

However, I was wondering if the EB team has given the thought of artificially creating a Getic language from all of the words of supposed Thraco-Illyrian origin in Romanian, and also a few in Albanian.

The following words are of Dacian origin, and are only present in Romanian (if you need want to know the meanings of the words, I can tell you):

“aburca, acest, aici, acolo, acum,adapa, adapost, adevar, adia, adanc, afin, afla , agata, agud, ajunge, alb, albastru, albina, alerga, alina, aluna, aluneca, alunga, ameninta, amesteca, ameti, amandoi, amurg, amana, apa, apasa, apleca, apoi, aprig, apuca, ara, arama, arata, argint, arin, aripa, artar, ascunde, ascuti, asmuti, astampara, astupa, asa, aschie, aseza, asterne, atat, atunci, azvarli, ba, baba, baci, bai, balt, ban, barda, barza, baga, baiat, balan, baragan, bardaca, batran, bat, barc, besedui, balbai, barna, barsana, bata, boci, bogat, boier, bolovan, bot, bota, bou, brad, braniste, brazda, bracinar, breaz, breb, brici (brigeag), branca, branza, bruma, buburuza, bucata,bufnita, bulgar, bulz, bura, burduf, burta, bute (butoi), buza, cal, cap, car( insecta), car(IE *kr), ca, care, caramb caciula, capusa, casca, catina, catre, incotro, catun, cauta, ceafa, ceata, cetina, chel, chiciura, chindeu, chinga, cicoare, cimbru, cimpoi, cinteza, cioaca, cioara, cioareci, cioata, ciot, cioc, ciocan, ciocarlie, ciocarlan, ciopli, ciot, cir, cires, ciucure, ciuca, ciuperca, ciur, ciut, ciutura, caine, canepa, card, carlan, carliont, carpa, carpi,cat, clati, clatina, clei, clinti, clipa, cloci, closca, coacaza, coace, coaja, coama, coasa, cobori, cocian, cocarla, cocor, cocosa, cocota, codru, cojoc, colt, copac, copil, cosita, copita, cos, cosar, cotet, cotiga, cotropi, cosita, cotofana, covata,covarsi, crac, crap, crancen, cucura, cucuta, cucuvea, cuib, culege, culme, cumatru, cuptor, curma, curpen, curva, custura, cusma, cutare, cuteza, cutriera, cutit, cuvant, dada, daica (doica), dalb, dar (conj.), datina, dauna, darama, deal, descarca, (incarca) destupa, destept, desghioca, desgardina, desmetici, desmierda, dibui, dimineata, dinte, damb, dara, dardai, darmon, darz, doaga, dogori, doica (daica), doina, dojeni, drac, drege, droaie, drug, druga, drum, dud, duhni, duhani, duios, dunga, dusman, erete, fag, fagure, falca, fara, fecior, felie, fereca, fior, firav, flacara, flamand, fluier, fluia, fluture, flutura, fota, framanta, frunza, fuior, fulg, furtuna, fusta, gadina, gaie, gaita, gajbi, gabui, gasi, gati, gaura, ghiara, gheb, ghes, ghici, ghiuj, ginere, gadila, galma, gandi, gandac, garbov, garla, garnita, gasca, gat, glie, goanga, gol, gorun, grapa, graur, grabi, gradina, gradiste, gramada, graunte, greata, grebla, greier, gresie, gresi, greu, grinda, griva, grau, groapa, grui, grumaz, grunj, gudura, gura, gusa, guster, halca, hambar, hat, haz, harapi, horn, hot, huma, iaca, iata, iie, ied, ierunca, isca, imbina, imblati, imbraca, impleti, impotriva, imprastia, improsca, inca, incerca, incalta, incet, incotro, incovoia, incumeta, indemna, indarji, indrazni, indura, infiripa, infuleca, ingadui, ingaima, ingramadi, insura, intepa, invata, invarti, jale, jar, jumatate, laba, laie, late, leac, leaca, leagan ,legana, leasa, lele, leoarca, lenes, lepada, lespede, lesina, leuca, leustean, licari, licurici, lindina, liniste, lipi, lipie, lipsi, livada, lostrita, lopata, lotru, lume, luntre, mai (adv.), malder, mama, mare, mare, matca, mat, mazare, macar, maduva, maciuca, maciulie, magura, maracine, matusa, merge, mic, miere, minte, minune, mioara, mire, mireasa, miriste, misca, marsav, mocirla, moina, mos, mosie, mot, movila, mugur, murdar, mustra, musca, nagit, nai, nalt, nana, nas, nasture, nadrag, naduf, nadusi, negara, namol, naparca, napusti narui, necheza, neghina, negura, nene, nisip, niste, noian, nu, obiala, obicei, obor, obste, obcina, ogor, opinca, ortac, ovaz, pajura, pamant, pat, patul, patura, petic, petrece, pica, pipota, pisca, pita, pitigaia, pizma, palc,parau, parloaga, plai, pleca, plesni, plisc, plod, pluti, pogace, poiana, polita, poiata, porni, posac, poteca, potarnichie, potriva, povara, povata, povarni, pozna, prasi, prastie, prajina, prapadi, pravali, preajma, preda, pregati, pregeta, presura, prian, pridvor, pripi, pripor, radasca, rafui, ragaz, ragalie, ragusi, rapune, rasadi, rasari, rascoala, raspandi, rasti, rastoaca, rasturna, rasuci, rasura, rataci, ratez, razbi, razghina, resteu, reteza, ridica, risipi, rana, ranca, rancheza, rand, ranza, poaba, roata, rod, roi, ropot, rotund, roua,rovina, ruda, salcie, sama (seama), saramura, sare, sat, sain, saliste, salta, samanta, sarac, sarbatoare, scarpete, scadea, scalda, scapa, scarmana, scarpina, scama, scanteie, scarba, scoaba, scoarta, scoate, scorbura, scormoni, scroji, scorpie, scotoci, scrum, scuipa, scula, scurge, scurma, scutura, seama, sfant, sfarteca, sfasia, simbrie, sitar, sita, sambure, sarg, sloata, slut, smicea, smida, sminti, smirdar, smantana, smarc, smoc, smuci, smulge, soare, socol, socoti, soi, sorbi, spaima, spala, span, spanz, spanzura, splina, sprinten, spulbera, spuza, sta, stava, stapan, sterp, starpi, stana, stanca, stang, starc, starni, starv, strain, strecura, strepezi, strica, stiga, strigoi, stropi, strugure, sturz, suta, sapte, sase, sarpe, schiop, sir, sirag, siroi, soparla ,sopot, sopti, sovai, sterpeli, stima, stiubei, stirb, stramb (stramba), talpa, tapa, tare, tasca, tata, taia, taram, tarita, tau, teasc, temei, temelie, ticalos, tilisca, targ, tarla, toca, toci, toi, topi, trai, traista, treaba, treapta, trece, treiera, tranti, tap, tarc, tarm, teapa, teava, tantar, tata, titina, toala, tol, turcan, turca, ud, uita, ungher, unealta, urca, urda, urias, usca, ustura, usor,vagauna, vatra, vapaie, var, vatama, vatui, vested, veverita, viespe, viezure, vita, vizuina, varf, voda, vaida, vorba, vorbi, za, zara, zarva, zabala, zace, zanatic, zapada, zapaci, zari, zau zbate, zbiera, zbarci ,zbuciuma, zbura, zburda, zgarda, zgau, zgaria, zgarma, zgudui, zi, zid, zimbru, zana, zmeura, zori, zvanta”

The following words in Romanian etymology have been identified as of Thracian origin, and are shared with Albanian:

“abur, agurida, argea, balaur, balega, balta, barza, brad, brau, brusture, bucura, buza, capusa, caputa, catun, ceafa, ciocan, copac, cruta, curma, curpen, cursa, darama, druete, farama, gard, gardina, gata, galbeaza, gandi, ghimpe, gheonoaie, grapa, gresie, groapa, grumaz, gusa, mal, mazare, magura, matura, manz, manzat, manzare, minti, mos, mugure, murg (amurg), naparca, pastaie, parau, ranza, sarbad, scapara, scrum, scula, sambure, spanz, sterp, strepede, strunga, sale, soparla, sut, tap, tarc, vatra, vatui, viezure, zgarda, zgaria.”

Of course, if such an undertaking is considered, the grammar would pretty much be guess-work, and it's unsure as to how these words evolved in the 1500 years that the Dacians no longer existed as their own ethnic group, but has the EB team given it any thought?

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I believe it is considered basically impossible, particularly for our uses. Most of the words that are considered to be from dacian origin have little to do with war or the military. It has been given thought but there is no feasible way it could be done.

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