Editing Dacian language (section)

=====Republic of Moldova=====
To the east, beyond the Siret River, it has been argued by numerous scholars that Dacian was also the main language of the modern regions of [[Moldavia]] and [[Bessarabia]], at least as far east as the river Dniester. The main evidence used to support this hypothesis consists of three ''-dava'' placenames which Ptolemy located just east of the Siret; and the mainstream identification as ethnic-Dacian of two peoples resident in Moldavia: the [[Carpi (people)|Carpi]] and [[Costoboci]]. However, the Dacian ethnicity of the Carpi and Costoboci is disputed in academic circles, and they have also been variously identified as Sarmatian, Germanic, Celtic or proto-Slavic. Numerous non-Dacian peoples, both sedentary and nomadic, the Scytho-Sarmatian [[Roxolani]] and [[Agathyrsi]], Germanic/Celtic Bastarnae and Celtic Anartes, are attested to in the ancient sources and in the archaeological record as inhabiting this region.{{sfn|Barrington Atlas|2000|loc=Map 22}} The linguistic status of this region during the Roman era must therefore be considered uncertain. It is likely that a great variety of languages were spoken. If there was a ''lingua franca'' spoken by all inhabitants of the region, it was not necessarily Dacian: it could as likely have been Celtic or Germanic or Sarmatian.