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[Richard Beaudette]

Hails!

A few words about myself...

I have studied a number of languages, mostly Indo-European, and 
particularly more ancient ones (Latin, Greek, Sanskrit...), but I 
wouldn't call myself an expert - just an amateur of the "browsing 
type". I have also done considerable historical research 
(or "browsing"), especially concerning Europe as well as the Middle 
East...

Since about 1999, I have mostly been a fan of the Celts, especially the 
Gauls (along with Druidism). In the past few years, I worked on a 
reconstruction of a prehistoric Continental Proto-P-Celtic language 
that I called "Danubian" (which would essentially be the precursor of 
Gaulish, and which I theoretically associate with the Neolithic LBK 
Culture and its successors).

I am quite interested in the possibility of recreating the Gothic 
language (there's much more to work with than there is in the case of 
Continental Celtic/Gaulish). I am also interested in learning more 
about the history and culture of the Goths, especially the Visigoths.

By the way, I have been wondering about the 'Gotish Tongue' web-
material. Will that be available again soon?

Reikjahardus Balthings (is this correct Gothic?)


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