Talk:barbarian

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what about Sanskrit?

बर्बर barbara m. barbarian

Not cognate, and probably not borrowed. Onomatopoeia can arise independently in completely unrelated languages. Chuck Entz (talk) 14:37, 21 January 2014 (UTC)Reply
I may be wrong on this, but I don't have time to check into it right now. Chuck Entz (talk) 14:40, 21 January 2014 (UTC)Reply