CELTIC LANGUAGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era

Synonyms:

Celtic; Celtic language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Celtic language" is a kind of...):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Celtic language"):

Erse; Gaelic; Goidelic (any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland)

Brittanic; Brythonic (a southern group of Celtic languages)