Gaulish
E26848
Gaulish was an ancient Celtic language once spoken in much of Western and Central Europe, particularly in the region corresponding to modern-day France and surrounding areas.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaulish language | 2 |
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Celtic language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ |
| approximateEndDate | around 6th century CE ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
glosses
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ personal names ⓘ place names ⓘ |
| causeOfExtinction |
Romanization
ⓘ
language shift to Latin ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Insular Celtic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Brythonic languages
Celtiberian ⓘ Lepontic language ⓘ
surface form:
Lepontic
|
| culturalAssociation |
Gaul
ⓘ
surface form:
Celtic Gaul
La Tène culture ⓘ |
| grammaticalFeature |
case system
ⓘ
grammatical gender ⓘ inflected nouns ⓘ verb conjugation ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gallic
ⓘ
Gaulish ⓘ
surface form:
Gaulish language
|
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Celtic
ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| influenced |
Franco-Provençal (Arpitan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Franco-Provençal
French ⓘ Gallo-Romance ⓘ Occitan ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | xcg ⓘ |
| languageContactWith |
Etruscan language
ⓘ
surface form:
Etruscan
Gallo-Romance ⓘ Germanic languages ⓘ Greeks ⓘ
surface form:
Greek
Latin ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Celtic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Celtic
|
| lexicalInfluenceOn |
French common vocabulary
ⓘ
French hydronyms ⓘ French toponyms ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| phonologicalFeature |
loss of Proto-Indo-European *p in many positions
ⓘ
presence of /w/ and /gw/ sounds ⓘ |
| region |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Gaul ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ modern-day France ⓘ parts of Belgium ⓘ parts of Germany ⓘ parts of Northern Italy ⓘ parts of Switzerland ⓘ parts of the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Gallo-Romance languages
ⓘ
Vulgar Latin ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Gaul
ⓘ
surface form:
Gauls
|
| studiedInDiscipline |
Celtic studies
ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Continental Celtic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Continental Celtic
Insular vs Continental Celtic branch: Continental ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ |
| writingMaterial |
ceramic inscriptions
ⓘ
curse tablets ⓘ metal tablets ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Greek alphabet
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ Lepontic alphabet ⓘ Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form:
Old Italic scripts
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gaulish language
this entity surface form:
Gaulish language
subject surface form:
Arausio