Management and Socio-Humanities

SHORT DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE ARM’N-MACEDONIANS

Branislav STEFANOSKI

Historical and linguistical researcher, Tetovo, R. Macedonia

Abstract: The Armenians, “Pelasgians” are European carriers of the achievements in all the fields. The Armenian, “Pelasgian” language is identical with the recent Arm’n-Macedonian language. If were the Greeks that borrowed the works of the contemporariness of Homerus who write into Armenian, :Pelasgian” letters, translated into Greek and preserved them to the future. Arm’n Macedonian are direct successors of the Ancient Macedonians (Pelazgians-Thracians-Illiric) and, in their every use, has almost completely saved the Ancient Arm’n Macedonian language.

Keywords: Arm’n-Macedonians, Greeks’ origin, Danaans, migrations, Latinization.

4000 years ago, in East, South, Central and the Pelasgian dialects are in linguistical parts of Western Europe, as well as Asia interdependence with the Thracian-Illyrian Minor, in zones until Sinai, including even the speeches. From Homeric “Iliad” one can Ural mountain, one mighty and numbered clearly see that the inhabitants of Troy, the people lived, divided into hundreds tribes. Trojans (Dardanians) spoke one language with They spoke one and the same language with the Phrygians, Mysians, Thracians, Pelasgians. insignifiant differences in the dialects and the They tremendously well understood even the speeches. In means that, regardless to the vast language of the invasionists, even the Danaans spaces that separated this people, the different who were biligual, and who primarily tribes could completely well communicate and originated from Egypt. understand among each other. The only Herodotus (History, I, 58) is completely slightly different were the dialects of the decisive when saying that the Greek language Dacians in Dacia, who, in a smaller or huger is a newborn one that had been speaking concentration reach places on the territory of parallel with the Pelasgians in the beginning, whole Europe, first of all parts of Italy and and by time had grown into separate language. what is today Portugal. So it is no wonder that the members of Somewhere before 4100/3800 years B.C. different tribes in the Balkans and Asia Minor, Middle East groups migrate on the island of fighting on the Trojan side, regarding the Crete and southern part of the Balkans language understand quite well also the Peninsula. It is first of all the migration of the Danaans, who as identity were only part Cadmeans (Phoenicians). The trojan war, of the intruders. according to my strict analysis and researching It is completely sure that we cannot take as presented in the study “Pelasgi: language, Danaans their allies Leleges, Peraebieans, Writing, Name” (Tetovo, 1998) took place in Locrians, Myrmidons of Achilees, the 1263 and lasted until 1253 B.C. On the basis Aeolians… Only the Achaeans were literally of the analysis I did on many Thracian / mixed with the Danaans and is probably why Illyrian writings as well as the Pelasgian the bilingualism emerged among the Danaans, scripture from Lemnos which were studied in something that is said by many Ancient “Pelasgi....”, we can claimed with complete historians and philosophers. assurance that there is an irrejectable Following my additional analysis on the structural and linguistical identity between oldest secured text of Homeric “Iliad” I could the Arm’nian (Thracian-Illyrian) and the firmly suggest that this oldest text is only a Armenian (Pelasgian) language. Precisely, translation from the original, which had been 79 Short Descriptive History About the Origin of the Arm’n-Macedonians written on Armenian (Pelasgian) language, Minor the only ones who dominated were and the language from the translation was the Arm’nians (Thracians-Illyrians) and mixed Mycenaean-Danaan thick with original Armenians (Pelasgians). Armenian (Pelasgian) words in parallel use. There were inseparable linguistic and From Herodotus (Histo-ry, VII, 73) we genetic relations between the two identities. know that the Phrygians originated from The relation is so big that during the whole Macedonia where they had been called Brygi, Ancient times the mixing of the two identities and that the Armenians shared the same origin with the same origin is present on these places, with the Phrygians, Armenians and Arm’nians especially in the coastal areas. I have spoken in details in the study Generally speaking, Arm’nians (Thracians- “Pelasgians…”. Herodotus (History, 50-53), Illyrians) are mostly involved with cattle also, suggests that the Greek mythology was breeding and they populated the mountainous partly taken from the Egyptians and the most parts of a given region, while the Armenians part from Pelasgians. As far as the second (Pelasgians) were mostly living from generation gods’ names are concerned, he agriculture and inhabited the riverbanks and decisively says that the description of the the lowlands and because of that called character and the features of every god, as well themselves by the original name “Pe largi” = as the naming, was done by Homerus. on vide, meaning lolanders. In the recent times It is true, from the analysis on “Iliad” one both terms Armenians and Arm’nians are in could undoubtelly accept the conclusion that active use as names of ethnic self- the names of gods are in function of the identification by Arm’n-Macedonians, and the epithets representing their activities and identity “Armenj” in use only in South characteristics. The impression is even bigger Thessaly and parts of Epirus. In the beginning since the epithets could be perfectly explained of the second millenium B.C. in south parts of with the actual Arm’n-Macedonian language, today Greece small groups of Phoenicians who is related closely with the Ancient inhabited. In the middle of the II millenium Armenian (Pelasgian) language, the one, a bigger group of colonizers came to Homerus had written the “Iliad” in. Herodotus Peloponnesus, mostly, from Egypt, which (History, I, 94) gives the information about the according to their leader Danaus identified first known colonization from Lydia to Asia themseles with the common name Danaans. Minor, in Umbria in Italy. Herodotus also The migration of the Danaans under the rule of provide the information about the second Danaus is a result from the dynastic battles in coloniyation of the part of the Phocis Egypt. The defeated in 1527/6 B.C. come the inhabitants (Pelasgians), town 40km north Peloponnesus and inhabited the cities of Argos from Smyra in Ionia, and was founded by the and Mycenae. By time, as a result from the inhabitants of the province Phocis from the mixing between the newcomers and the south of Thessaly, in part of today France autochtonous Pelasgo-Thracians, in a process where about 600 B.C. the city of Marseilles enduring almost a millenium the Greek was founded. In 560 B.C. after the fall of ethnicity and the Ancient Greek language was Lydia under Persia part of the Phoceans born. It have to be noticed that the emergence moved to Alalia in Corsica. In IV c. B.C. the and the spreading of the Greek language took Macedonians, lead by Philip II subjugated place firstly in the urban centers where the whole Balkans, and lead by Alexander the education was on a very high level. The area whole, in that time, known world. Besides the around the “polis” (city/state) remained many dynastic wars, the conquered territories “barbarian”. This situation lasted until the remained under Macedonian rule for almost formation of the Greek state for the first time 150 years. The Romans dominated Macedonia in the history of the Greeks in the first half of in II c. B.C. XIX c. A.D. After the foundation of Greece, What could we acknowledge. In the using methods of force and pressures second millennium B.C. on the Balkans denationalization and assimilation of the peninsulaand in the most part of Asia 80 Management and Socio-Humanities autochtonous Arm’nian (Pelasgian-Thracian) from the Classical Age, some words were to population took and is taking place. be interpreted by specially educated persons, From many readings of the Ancient and also the fact that some pure Arm’nian scriptures, we can conclude that within words which were later identified as a period of 4.000 years the Arm’nian- “barbarian” are cleansed from the Greek Macedonian (Thracian-Illyrian) language language, still being completely preserved in remained almost unchanged. Maybe a small the actual Arm’n-Macedonian. transformation could be noticed at certain On the other hand, the persistance of the words, but the pronunciation and the basic Arm’n-Macedonian language could be structure are secured. Because of that, we can comprehend through the following arguments: surely said that the recent Arm’n-Macedonian Arm’nians, Armenians (Pelasgi and Thracians- language is the same as the one spoken by: Illyrians) as the most numbered people after Pelopes, Achilles, Midas, Philip, Aristotle, the Hindu, could not put their language on Alexander, Spartacus… In the same time, the change because the history does not know of Greek language had suffered many any assimilation of a greater people than they transformations. were by themselves. On a contrary, vast So the question is: how the Arm’nian masses of Thracian-Illyrians melted into less (Thracian-Illyrian) language remained numbered foreign ethnic identities. By melting preserved for four millennia, while the Greeks into the less numbered, the language also even today regarded as the carriers of the influence the less numbered, which resulted in European culture, changed their language so emergence of new language containing much that between the old and the new Greek features from both languages. It is really a emerges such a difference that the old Greek, wonder how could the smaller melted the and not to talk about the oldest translation of bigger one. We should have in mind that those the “Iliad”, is not understandable for the smaller ethnicities are from Asiatic origin modern Greeks. where the national is rather more stressed and My opinion, based on many detailed in the new mixed area is utmost cared. On the researching, is adequate to the one of Plato, in other side, historically, the Pelasgians are “Cratylus” and of Herodotus, stated in the Thracian-Illyrians, as well as their “History”. In the three and a half millennium recent descendants, the Arm’n-Macedonians, of mutual cohabitation, many “barbarians” the nationalism and chauvinism is always (Pelasgo-Thracian-Illyrians) mixed and melted regarded as something strange and with the Danaans. By melting, linguistic unimaginable. There could be a severe battle elements were taken from both languages. The over property, existence, or development, but taken words transformed under the influence that battle never was and is on a national of the phonetics of the Danaans language. But level, for securing the linguistic specificity the basic meaning of the words was more or and defense of the national identity. The less preserved. The influence of the Arm’nian expression of the linguistic distinguishness is language of the Greek by time enlarged, as high only in the moments of acute emotional bigger groups of Arm’nians melted, so that, if crisis when the feeling of personal pride is put one compare the words in Old Greek and the under question. actual one will state that the presence of the I think that good example for this could be original Arm’nian words is much bigger today the accusations of Alexander towards his than in the past. This comparison could lead us general Philotas. The accusations claimed that to misconclusion that maybe it is a result from Philotas had no respect for his mother tongue – the process of latinization. But is it not the the Macedonian since he commanded matter, given the fact that in the oldest with subordinate Macedonian soldiers using translated version of the “Iliad” (somewhere interpreter, saying the commands into Greek. from the Vth c. B.C., while the first translation We can see the absurdity in: first, Philotas dates VII c. B.C.) whose language was found humiliating the speaking of his own completely nonunderstandable to the Greeks Macedonian language, and second, Alexander, 81 Short Descriptive History About the Origin of the Arm’n-Macedonians as a master of the world, who could impose his the time of Humanism and the Renaissance mother tongue over the conquered peoples, a accepted it as a truth. After the Dark Middle huge part of who were from Thracian-Illyrian Ages, wars and big migrations of the peoples, origin, he proffered the Greek language as a the Europeans did not have a sound foundation language o communication. on which follow until the recent days It is the same situation today. Many instinctively take it for granted, developed famous people from Arm’n-macedonian with improvisations in the different scientific origin, whose mother tongue is the Arm’n- institutions and through the educational system macedonian, prefer not to talk on their mother spread it among the vast population. A lie is tongue. But they do not forget, in a moment of being spread, completely unconsciously, emotional rush, regardless whether it is simply, because the truth is not known. One positive or negative reaction, loudly, cannot reach truth by reproducing the lie, but aggressively, to accentuate their ancient through researching. Because the researching Macedonian origin. are hard and difficult, for those employed in The negligence of the Macedonian the scientific institutions the easiest way is to aristocracy towards their mother Macedonian reproduce the commonly accepted lie. It brings tongue can be also viewed through the fact that status, prosperity and money for existence. in the post-Alexander time in many scriptures What are the arguments. written into Macedonian language not only 1. By the analysis of ancient scriptures we Greek words but whole sentences were placed. can clearly confirm that the Thracian-Illyrian This behaviour should not astonish, having the language is still alive miraculously (with fact in that time the Greek language was exception of some religious terms which are celebrated as a language of culture the same as forgotten due to the converting) is almost in XVIII c. the French language in Europe was completely preserved in the actual Arm’n- the language that every well educated and well Macedonian language. breed European had to know. 2. Herodotus and Virgil inform us about All this anomalies in the use of foreign three migrations of Pelasgian-Thracian-Illyrian words and sentences into an autochthonous population from Asia Minor on the Apennines. language should be regarded as fashion. The The first resulted in the formation of Etruscans fashion of foolishness. The wish to use foreign and Etruria. The second resulted in the language in your own community as a formation of Rome, Romans and the Latin fulfillment of intellectual superiority-stupidity. laguage. I said the formation of the Latin From the comparative analysis I did, clearly, language, not Roman, simply because when undoubtedly arises the fact that the Arm’n- we speak about Latin language we should have Macedonian language is the purest and the in mind that it is a new formed, administrative, oldest language in Europe. It is a perfectly language of the literature. There is no question saved, preserved language that allow us to if it is some spoken language, that the citizen reach the linguistic basis of the European of Rome used it in their inter-communication. languages. It especially refers to the Roman Even less was that language spoken by the languages and the Greek, and through it on all Empire population. The people spoke the other European languages. From the other simple, “vulgar” language, that much differed side, by comparative analysis with the Slav from the newly established Latin literary. The languages it could reach deep into the aim of creating the Latin standard language is prehistory of the European languages. Despite the wish to form strict, administrative, state the century long intensive denationalization of language, language which, by it’s mixture of the Arm’n-Macedonians, the language is well Celtic-Pelasgian-Thracian-Illyrian would be enough preserved and a huge number of acceptable for the most of the population of people still speak it well. the Empire. From the other side, as a literary, What the Latinization presents. The standardized language it had to parallel and to Latinization is only an improvisation, more cast out the standardized Greek language. This simply, one big lie that the educated people in mixture (The Latin one) was result from the 82 Management and Socio-Humanities fusion of the ingenious Celtic-Latin population in limited numbers in the Danubian part. They with the new come Pelasgian-Thracian- were mainly soldiers and administration who Illyrians. The third migration is the Fochisians became farmers after leaving service. With the one. later withdrawal of the Empire borders on the 3. Besides the mentioned migrations from river Danube as a border line, all the melted Asia Minor, there were also migrations from Latino phones together with the barbarians the Balkans on the Apennines. The famous lead by Aurelian (270-275) passed on the right migration is the one by the Illyrian tribe bank of Danube, founding the province Dacia Venetians from the Black Sea coasts in parts Ripensis with capital city of Raciar - present of present Venetia, by which name the whole Archer. Their overall number according to the region was called Veneto, and the city itself, precise historical records did not pass over Venetia. I would like to say my opinion about 80.000. Only the Thracian-Illyrian novice the name Veneti since the Slavs migrating remained north of Danube. The Latinization from beyond the Carpathians towards the could not be spread by someone who did Balkans also were identified after that name, in not know the Latin language. More over, the fifth c. A.D. The clandestine of the name, the question whether there is not Latin which ostensibly covers one ethnic identity in colonization in Macedonia is surpassed, if we two quite different time intervals, lies in the take into consideration that after the fall of the meaning of the word Veneti. The identity Greek polices under Rome, and that happened Veneti, not only in the Italian speeches, but immediately after the fall of Macedonia, the also on the Balkans, meant and meant PROTECTORS that Rome appointed as rulers Neophytes. People who are newcomers. As the of the Greek polices, were the Macedonians, Illyrian Venetians, who first inhabit territory not Romans. with Thracian speech, and later move on the 6. The Romans had officially recognized Apennines, so the Slav Venetians on the Troad and Ilion as a cradle of the Roman teritories they inhabited were Novice. It is citizens. It is for this reason the Ilion was the quite logical to use the term Venetians = first to have received the privileged status in Newcomers as their identification within time. the Roman Empire. 4. Another migration, a compulsory one, 7. If the Romans themselves officially happened from the territory of Ancient recognized Troad as a place of their origin it Macedonia on the Appenines. After the victory means that the Roman language must have at Pydna, on 22 June 168 B.C., of the Roman been adequate to the Dardanian language (who army over the Macedonian one and the were the founders of Troad and Ilion), whose devastation of 70 urban settlemnts, in Upper language, on it’s side, is from the same origin Macedonia and Epirus, 150.000 Macedonians with the language of Phrygians-Brygi, the are taken to the Apennines as slaves. Macedonians, i.e. the recent Arm’n- 5. As far as the colonization the Roman Macedonians. Empire did is concerned, seen by the Latino 8. The problem with the supposed huge phonic historians and linguists as a influence of the Latin language in Macedonia fundamental evidence for the theory of becomes even more clearer if we have in mind Latinization (since the beginning of the the fact that the tombstones writing even in the process), I can tell that besides the one over time of the Roman biggest power had been Dacia the historic records knows nothing about written by the Macedonians besides in the another. And even this colonization was done Greek and the Macedonian also with the old primarily with Thracian-Illyrian (Phrygians, Pelasgian ortography, which remained in use Mysians, Dardanians…) from Asia Minor. So by the Arm’n-Macedonian until XVIII globally speaking, we can discuss the century, when in Moscopole, in the fury of the Arm’nization, Thracian-Illirization of Dacia national enlightment and the search for the (the part that is today called Moldova), and not Latin roots was replaced by the Latin letters, at all about Latinization. The presence of and even, part of the Moscopoleans wanted to Latino phones in Dacia can be accepted only convert into Catholicism. Also, from the 83 Short Descriptive History About the Origin of the Arm’n-Macedonians analysis of many epitaphs in Ancient What was actually done by Rome. Rome Macedonia, dating from the Roman period did what Alexander had done earlier. It put written by Italians (administration officers of under it’s command and authority all the soldiers coming from the Apennines) one can identical Pelasgo-Thracian-Illyrians and using clearly concluded that they are written besides their aid conquered the rest of the world. the Latin and Greek language also with the This can be proved by the fact that from 80 Pelasgian “Greek” letters. It is not clear where Roman Emperors 41 were from Roman- is here the Latin influence when the Romans Thracian-Illyrian origin. Among them are: themselves, by chance being in Macedonia, Diocletian, Aurelian, Maximinus Thrax, preferred to use of the Greek instead of their Galerius, Constantine the Great… many of mother Latin even their tombstones. them speaking with strong “barbarian” accent 9. The phenomenon of Latinization had to and part of them could not at all throw away be understand in relation with the actual from everyday use of many “barbarian” words. English domination. Namely, the Englishmen It is obvious that the Roman citizens did not conquered North America and succeeded to have any difficulty in understanding the impose the English language as official to all “barbarian” words. The mentioned number the colonizers coming from all over the world. counts only those ruled Rome after the Today the English language is not spread conquest of the Thracian-Illyrian lands. throughout the world by England, but by the What we have from Latinization. From U.S.A. It is the same situation with the Latinization we have nothing. Those Latinization. In the ancient times of the who spoke the Arm’nian (Thracian-Illyrian) Balkans and the Asia Minor regions Arm’nian language preserved it until the recent days (Thracian-Illlyrian) and the related Armenian with all its dialects and with very small (Pelasgian) language was spoken. By the many modifications. The Latin language itself died colonization of the population from these out besides its vast use in the administration regions into the Apennines, actually, there had throughout the Roman Empire. The Latin been Arm’nization (Thracian-Illirization) of language extinct besides the still active use by the domestic Italian population. Later with the the Catholic Church and the believers do not foundation of Rome and the mighty Roman understand the meaning of the words. It means empire we only have subjugation of the that the language is dead. And it is dead Dacian-Thracian-Illyrian-Pelasgian territories since it was artificially created. It was over Roman administration. There is not a administrative. With the fall of the Roman word for any enforcement of the Latin Empire the language vanished. In the Western language, since there was no need and also no part, in the cradle of the Empire it has been way to do it. 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