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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 ...
6 days ago · The Tocharian (sometimes Tokharian) languages ( / təˈkɛəriən / or / təˈkɑːriən / ), also known as the Arśi-Kuči, Agnean-Kuchean or Kuchean-Agnean languages, are an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family spoken by inhabitants of the Tarim Basin, the Tocharians. [3] The languages are known from manuscripts dating from the ...
4 days ago · The Dacians and the related Getae spoke the Dacian language, which has a debated relationship with the neighbouring Thracian language and may be a subgroup of it. [8] [9] Dacians were somewhat culturally influenced by the neighbouring Scythians and by the Celtic invaders of the 4th century BC .
Apr 19, 2024 · Aboriginal languages spoken on the continent of Australia. The Australian languages do not appear to be related to any other linguistic family. When Europeans first began to explore and settle in Australia, about three hundred languages were spoken by the hunter-gatherer peoples (possibly 300,000 people in total) who inhabited the continent.
5 days ago · 30th April 2024. Today we’re looking at the words for meat, flesh, breast and related things in Celtic languages. Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic. *kīkos = breast. Primitive Irish. ᚉᚉᚔᚉᚐ (ccica-) = breast. ᚉᚉᚔᚉᚐᚋᚔᚅᚔ (ccicamini) = male given name. Old Irish (Goídelc)
Apr 27, 2024 · Lithuanian language, East Baltic language most closely related to Latvian; it is spoken primarily in Lithuania, where it has been the official language since 1918. It is the most archaic Indo-European language still spoken. A Lithuanian literary language has been in existence since the 16th.
Apr 10, 2024 · The Uralic language family in its current status consists of two related groups of languages, the Finno-Ugric and the Samoyedic, both of which developed from a common ancestor, called Proto-Uralic, that was spoken 7,000 to 10,000 years ago in the general area of the north-central Ural Mountains. At its very earliest stages Uralic most probably ...
