Proto-Hispano-Celtic
Proto-Hispano-Celtic | |
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Common Hispano-Celtic | |
*tangʷāt- | |
(A posteriori reconstructed proto language) | |
Created by | Caesar05 |
Date | 2024 |
Setting | Iberian Peninsula |
Ethnicity | Celts |
Era | ∼500 BC - ∼300 BC |
Indo-European (Proto-Indo-European)
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Dialects |
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Celtic languages distribution over time | |
Hispano-Celtic languages distribution (see Lusitanian (?) in dark orange) |
The Proto-Hispano-Celtic or Common Hispano-Celtic is a hypothetical language reconstructed as the last common linguistic ancestor of the Celtic languages that developed on the Iberian Peninsula.
A realistic investigation of Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic by Ranko Matasović will be attempted using as a basis the scarce evidence of extinct Hispano-Celtic languages such as Celtiberian and Gallaecian and the vocabulary of Celtic heritage in modern Iberian languages. On the other hand, some influences from other pre-Roman languages of the Iberian Peninsula will be added, such as Lusitanian, Tartessian, Iberian and Basque or Aquitanian, as well as some parallel developments in other existing Celtic languages.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Labial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | |||
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Plain | Labialized | |||||
Nasal | *m | *n | ||||
Plosive | Voiceless | *t | *k | *kʷ | ||
Voiced | *b | *d | *g | *gʷ | ||
Fricative | *f | *s | *x | |||
Liquid | Lateral | *l | ||||
Rhotic | *r | |||||
Semivowel | *y | *w |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short | |
High | *ī | *i | *ū | *u | ||
Mid | *ē | *e | *o | |||
Low | *ā | *a |
Diphthongs
Front | Back | |||
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Long | Short | Long | Short | |
Mid | *oy | *ow | ||
Low | *āy | *ay | *āw | *aw |
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Example texts
Other resources
Proto-Celtic | Meaning | Grammar | Notes |
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*abalnā | apple-tree | noun | |
*abalo- | apple | noun | |
*abanko- | beaver | noun | |
*abon- | river | noun | |
*abrant- | eyelid | noun | |
*ad | to | preposition | |
*adā | hawthorn | noun | |
*ad-ber-tā | offering, victim | noun | |
*ad-dam-yo | allow, permit | verb | |
*adestu- | merit | noun | |
*ad-kʷis-o- | see | verb | |
*ad-kubro- | wish | noun |