[gothic-l] Re: Cagots (how pure were the Goths?)

[Paul Bardunias]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:

 Yet, when Latin was the lingua franca between Goths and
> Romans, Gothic might have been the lingua france among various
> barbarian tribes. Hence, Alans like Saphrax etc. were likely able
to  express themselves in Gothic and their native Alanic/Iranian
> language. >
> Cheers
> Dirk

This is my thinking precisely.  I have heard a simmilar arguement
made for the ethnogenesis of the Slavs, with Slavic being the lingua
franca in those regions at a later date.  Any references for this (in
english)?

Paul



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