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For each of the fragmentary languages, there's usually at least a best guess as to where they should go relative to the secure branches, e.g. Lusitanian is Para-Italic, Para-Celtic, or a third branch of Italo-Celtic (if that's real) depending on who you ask (Garcia-Alonso 2023), Messapic gets grouped with Albanian (Matzinger 2005), Siculian ...
1 day ago · The Celtic languages ( / ˈkɛltɪk / KEL-tik) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. [1] The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, [2] following Paul-Yves Pezron, who made the explicit link between the Celts described ...
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3 days ago · The Proto-Italic language is the ancestor of the Italic languages, most notably Latin and its descendants, the Romance languages. It is not directly attested in writing, but has been reconstructed to some degree through the comparative method. Proto-Italic descended from the earlier Proto-Indo-European language. [1]
- ca. 1000 BC
- Italic languages
5 days ago · Glens and Valleys. 17th May 2024. Here are some words for valley, glen and related things that are found in some or all of the Celtic languages, and related words in other languages. Strath Croe. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic. *stratos = valley. Old Irish (Goídelc) srath = grassland, swarth.
5 days ago · Roma, an ethnic group of traditionally itinerant people who originated in northern India but live in modern times worldwide, principally in Europe. Most Roma speak some form of Romany, a language closely related to the modern Indo-European languages of northern India, as well as the major language of the country in which they live.
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5 days ago · Slavic languages, group of Indo-European languages spoken in most of eastern Europe, much of the Balkans, parts of central Europe, and the northern part of Asia.The Slavic languages, spoken by some 315 million people at the turn of the 21st century, are most closely related to the languages of the Baltic group (Lithuanian, Latvian, and the now-extinct Old Prussian), but they share certain ...
3 days ago · Irish language, a member of the Goidelic group of Celtic languages, spoken in Ireland. As one of the national languages of the Republic of Ireland, Irish is taught in the public schools and is required for certain civil-service posts. Sláinte: The influence of Irish language on English.
