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While provocative, Vennemann's theories are highly debated and generally rejected by the mainstream linguistic community. Critics often argue that:
This "substrate" influenced the vocabulary and structure of the languages that eventually replaced them. Europa Vasconica-Europa Semitica
He even suggests these colonizers significantly impacted the development of Germanic languages , influencing everything from the invention of runes to the origins of deities like the Vanir . Academic Reception Europa Vasconica-Europa Semitica
Vennemann posits that starting in the fifth millennium BCE, Atlantic/Semitidic seafaring colonizers (related to Semitic speakers) settled the coastal regions of Western and Northern Europe. Europa Vasconica-Europa Semitica