Celtic languages

E22386

branch of Indo-European languages language family

The Celtic languages are an ancient branch of the Indo-European language family once widespread across Europe, now represented mainly by languages such as Irish, Welsh, and Breton spoken in parts of the British Isles and Brittany.

Aliases (4)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Indo-European languages → language family →
arealGroup	Continental Celtic → Insular Celtic →
currentRegion	Brittany → Cornwall → Ireland → Isle of Man → Scotland → Wales →
familyColor	Indo-European →
hasExtinctLanguages	Celtiberian → Galatian → Gaulish → Lepontic →
hasLivingLanguages	Breton → Cornish → Irish → Manx → Scottish Gaelic → Welsh →
hasSubgroup	Brythonic languages → Continental Celtic languages → Goidelic languages → Insular Celtic languages →
historicalRegion	Anatolia → British Isles → Brittany → Central Europe → Gaul → Great Britain → Iberian Peninsula → Ireland →
historicalWritingSystem	Ogham →
includesLanguage	Breton → Celtiberian → Cornish → Galatian → Gaulish → Irish → Lepontic → Manx → Middle Welsh → Old Irish → Scottish Gaelic → Welsh →
ISO639-5Code	cel →
linguisticFeature	conjugated prepositions → distinction between absolute and conjunct verb forms in Old Irish → initial consonant mutation → use of inflected prepositions → use of verbal nouns → verb–subject–object word order tendency →
notableScholar	Julius Pokorny → Kenneth H. Jackson → T. F. O'Rahilly →
subclassOf	Indo-European languages →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alpine Celtic culture → GOC → Gaulish ("Celtic") → Manx → Middle Irish → Picts (early period) → Primitive Irish → Welsh →	languageFamily
British Isles English → Medieval Latin → Old English →	influencedBy
Goidelic → Goidelic ("Insular Celtic languages") →	subclassOf
Proto-Celtic ("Brythonic languages") →	ancestorOf
Arausio ("Celtic") →	culture
Goidelic ("Insular Celtic") →	developedFrom
Osco-Umbrian languages →	distinctFrom
Gavin ("Celtic") →	hasOrigin
Noricum →	language
Ulster Irish →	languageBranch
Raetia →	languageSpoken
Early Modern Irish →	subdivisionOf
Breton →	subfamily