Talk:Celtic languages

New hypothesis for the origin of the Celtic languages
New hypothesis for the origin of the Celtic languages: Article 173.88.246.138 (talk) 05:24, 1 January 2022 (UTC)


 * That article indicates that there is genetic evidence of a second major wave of Indo-European migration to Britain and that it’s related to Gauls. That is a good argument for the replacement of Q-Celtic speakers in Britain (i.e., the first IE wave of migration which continued on throughout Britain and Ireland) by P-Celtic speakers. Gortaleen (talk) 11:47, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Very early days for this, & we wouldn't put anything in based on press reports. Linguists, archaeology & dna people tend not to see eye-to-eye on such matters, especially as neither digging nor dna analysis actually tell you what languages were spoken. Johnbod (talk) 11:56, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I’m noting that editors should be prudent in claims made in the article. Traditional “history” - based ultimately on the Book of Invasions - is soon going to be upended by serious academics using genetic genealogy as data to help develop more reliable theories.
 * For example, see the Kurgan Hypothesis vs the theory of migration of Indo-European people circa 5000 years ago. Gortaleen (talk) 22:53, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Pictish
On the list, "Possibly Celtic languages", i cut out Pictish on the grounds that it is pretty much known to be Celtic. Okay?--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 15:10, 20 January 2022 (UTC)