vs [[indo-european-branches]] See also [[non-ie-idk]] # Barbarians Variously the (a) opposite of nomads, or , (b) opposite of local, settled, peoples depending on who is Othering who. Onomatpoeic - Grk. *bárbaros* - Skt. *barbara* - Engligh "Blah Blah Blah, the blaberers, blabering ones" - [See more](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient-Greek) ## IE Views of Non-IEs