Proto-Hispano-Celtic

Proto-Hispano-Celtic
Common Hispano-Celtic
*tangʷāt-
(A posteriori reconstructed proto language)
Created by	Caesar05
Date	2024
Setting	Iberian Peninsula
Ethnicity	Celts
Era	∼500 BC - ∼300 BC
Language family	Indo-European (Proto-Indo-European) Italo-Celtic (Proto-Italo-Celtic) Celtic (Proto-Celtic) Hispano-Celtic Proto-Hispano-Celtic
Dialects	Celtiberian Gallaecian Lusitanian (?) Tartessian (?)
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.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Coronal	Palatal	Velar
					Plain	Labialized
Nasal		*m	*n
Plosive	Voiceless		*t		*k	*kʷ
	Voiced	*b	*d		*g	*gʷ
Fricative		*f	*s	*z	*x
Liquid	Lateral		*l
	Rhotic		*r
Semivowel				*y		*w

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short
High	*ī	*i			*ū	*u
Mid	*ē	*e				*o
Low			*ā	*a

Diphthongs

	Front		Back
	Long	Short	Long	Short
Mid		*oy		*ow
Low	*āy	*ay	*āw	*aw

Syntax

Other resources

Proto-Celtic	Meaning	Grammar	Notes
*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