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Indo-Uralic. In historical linguistics, Italo-Celtic is a hypothetical grouping of the Italic and Celtic branches of the Indo-European language family on the basis of features shared by these two branches and no others. There is controversy about the causes of these similarities.
In historical linguistics, Italo-Celtic is a hypothetical grouping of the Italic and Celtic branches of the Indo-European language family on the basis of features shared by these two branches and no others. There is controversy about the causes of these similarities. They are usually considered to be innovations, likely to have developed after ...
Sep 22, 2022 · Italo-Celtic. September 2022. DOI: 10.1017/9781108758666.007. In book: The Indo-European Language Family (pp.102-113) Authors: Michael Weiss. To read the full-text of this research, you can ...
The Thracian language ( / ˈθreɪʃən /) is an extinct and poorly attested language, spoken in ancient times in Southeast Europe by the Thracians. The linguistic affinities of the Thracian language are poorly understood, but it is generally agreed that it was an Indo-European language with satem features. A contemporary, neighboring language ...
Italo-Celtic. v. t. e. In historical linguistics, Italo-Celtic is a grouping of the Italic and Celtic branches of the Indo-European language family on the basis of features shared by these two branches and no others. These are usually considered to be innovations, which are likely to have developed after the breakup of Proto-Indo-European.
They are probably more closely related to each other than to any other IE branch, both originating in a Western-Central European dialectal area. So I think it's plausible to speak of an Italo-Celtic subgroup within the IE family. It would be very old though and it would have included other, long extinct languages besides Celtic and Italic.
Phrygian provides in several respects the missing link between Greek and Armenian. In particular, the paradigms of the middle voice appear to have been more extensive than what we find in the separate languages. The archaic character of the Phrygian language is corroborated by the Indo-Iranian and Italo-Celtic evidence.
