English > Celtic language: 1 sense > noun 1, communicationMeaning | A branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era. |
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Synonym | Celtic |
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Narrower | Brythonic, Brittanic | A southern group of Celtic languages |
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Gaelic, Goidelic, Erse | Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland |
Broader | Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite | The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia |
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Spanish | celta, céltico, lengua céltica |
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Catalan | celta, cèltic, llengua cèltica |
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