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It appears that some liberties have been taken with the etymology of βάρβαρος in the sources you have cited. Not until the Roman period do we have a suggestion of an onomatopoeic origin (in Strabo, died circa. AD 24) for barbaroi. Classical authors do not make this connection, though they do compare (and often make fun of) 'barbarian' languages ...
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