Celtic languages

Language family

Also known as Celtic language group · Celtic language family · Keltic languages · Celtic language · cel · Celtic

Subclass of: Indo-European
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1.Stated in Archaeology & Language
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, Italo-Celtic

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The Celtic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from the hypothetical Proto-Celtic language. The term Celtic was first used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, following Paul-Yves Pezron, who made the explicit link between the Celts described by classical writers and the Welsh and Breton languages.

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Works in this language

9 linked to Celtic languages in Wikidata

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66 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Linguistic typology: fusional language
verb–subject–object

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58 identifiers linking Celtic languages across the web's reference databases

Data quality

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18%

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