Is Germanic a subgroup of the Iranian languages?

There were certainly several migrations in eastern and northeastern Europe where ancient Iranian and Germanic peoples lived, some of them, like Alans and Vandals, even migrated together to the western Europe, but these migrations could be just one of reasons for the linguistic similarities between Germanic and Iranian languages.

Dear medenaywe, when it comes to language, distance counts for very little! What must be looked at is the "secret" language used by the leaders, rulers, priests, etc., of the "Over Lords" of the area!

You see? I see Latin as a "secret language" of the "overlords!" There could not have existed a reliable ruling class with hundereds of "slaves" or "underlings" of a differing civilization, who were allowed to wonder hither to and fro, within the domains of the ruling Lords and Ladies, if they were able to translate the words of their Lords and Ladies?

It, any good language, was kept secret to those of lower classes, so as to keep "secrets!

Greek, might well be another example? Since it is all "Greek" to me!

It has been written that the early Latin Rulers of Greece, after the fall of Constantinople, to the Latin's, used "Greek" stone inscriptions to identify their possessions!

Funny what?

Regards,

Edited by opuslola - 22-Feb-2011 at 16:40

There were mostly Europeans who occupied some Asian and probably African territories, the fact is that the earliest civilizations were formed in these regions and they were better places to live in the ancient times than European lands, I think Iran can be compared to the modern USA, some different Indo-European peoples migrated there and established an advanced civilization, and then became a superpower, much more powerful than Babylonian, Assyrian, Egyptian and other old powers of the region.

I think the period of time that we talked in this thread is long before the appearance of Romans as a major power, I don't understand the connection between Colonization and Irano-Germanic relation!

The answer to such a question is simply no. Germanic is not a sub-grouping of the Iranic language family nor vice versa. They are similar because they are both subgroups of the Indo-European language family.