History of the Celtic languages

History of the Celtic languages, Celts, Proto-Celtic, Gaulish, Lepontic, Insular Celtic, Celtiberian, Goidelic, Brythonic, Galatian, Breton, Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Cumbric, Scottish Gaelic, Manx

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Music:
Celtic Impulse - Celtic - Kevin MacLeod
Yonder Hill and Dale - Aaron Kenny

[nicosimioni]

It's worth mentioning that in Canada some people still speak Scottish Gaelic, and that here in Argentina (in some parts of Patagonia) there's a big Welsh community, and the language is spoken fluently by a large number of people, and it's being taught to kids at some schools (and, of course, there's places where you can simply go learn it, like with any other language). It's even said that Argentinian Welsh keeps some old words that aren't used anymore in Wales, but I don't know that much myself.

[galgar]

What a sad history. Celts are one of the most interesting people of Europe. I hope their descendents will keep alive their language and culture.

[axelandersson]

I think that this is a fantastic animation style for these kinds of videos.

[judemorgan]

It's a pity how so recently Irish became endangered.
A slow but non threatening fade is the 1600's and then a massive blow in the mid 1800's when the famine killed the native speakers or sent them to English speaking countries where the language became irrelevant. From there anyone left in Ireland speaking it where banned from doing so in work and school by the English.


Thankfully today there's still around 80, 000 day-day speakers and around an extra 200, 000 whom know it but don't regularly use it.

[DQUACK]

good news is these languages are slowly coming back and cornish is being resurrected

[enriquecsmccourt]

I am from a village in the centre of Spain and I have always been surprised by the word "Basca" as a synonym for Anxiety, Disquiet or Restlessness used in these small villages and by country people like my grandmother.
I was surprised to discover that this word is Celtic and comes from "waskā", in Welsh "gwâsg" and Breton "gwask". The last of a Celtiberian language extinct almost 2 millennia ago

[julianfejzo]

I discovered your channel right now, looks cool, just some minor adds:
- The Gaulish varieties spoken in the Eastern part of the Alps probably became its own language and was known as Noric
- Pictish, once spoken in Scotland, was very likely a Brythonic language
- There was another Celtic language, distinct from Celtiberian spoken in present-day (Spanish) Galicia known as Gallaecian
- A language spoken in Portugal known as Lusitanian may be Celtic, but it's debated and some say it's related to Proto-Celtic
- Cornish and Manx were revived and are not considered dead languages anymore, they have a handful of 300 speakers or more

But anyways, great video, keep it up! :-D

[chrisrichards]

I am learning Breton, and as a fluent Welsh speaker, I am loving finding the similarities between the two Brythonic branches. Definitely got a head start, but the pronunciation is very different to Welsh due to the French influence. On paper though there are many similarities. I want to learn as much. Breton as possible and help support out friends in Llydaw (Brittany) to revive their language against a backdrop of hostility of the French government towards anything other than French. Their language and culture is so interesting to me. There's similarities between Welsh and Gaulish too, such as the counting system and many others...That blew my mind when I found that out only recently!

[borgheis]

Although latinized, in Piedmontese we still have some unique words of Celtic origin; words like _crin_ ("pig"), _such_ ("log, trunk"), _dru_ ("fertile", whence the word _drugia_ "manure"), _bialera_ ("stream, brook"), _balma_ ("cave"), _galaverna_ ("hoarfrost") are all remnants of the ancient Gaulish language as spoken in Piedmont.

[berke]

Ankara, Turkey's capital's name comes from the word Ancyra in Galatian

[lecourtisan]

"The end".


Sadly fitting for the video's subject :(

[tomosprice]

As a Welshman I'm proud to be learning Welsh. As a child I didn't see the point of Welsh, I thought it was a dead language because almost nobody speaks it in my part of Wales, and so did most of the others in my year. Fortunately attitudes are changing and many who used to think like that now see Welsh as important. Unfortunately I don't think Welsh will return to my area in my lifetime, but we have to make sure it is kept in the areas that still speak it

[tatianaoliveira]

It's sad how many celtic languages disapeared.
The celtic culture fascinates me, I love reading about it.
Makes me sad that the celtic languages got extinct in Portugal (my country).

Fight to preserve these languages, keep your language and culture alive.

Greetings from Portugal

[RobertPage]

its good to know that there are movements to keep Celtic languages and culture alive and well.

[milotfokusi]

We Albanians also did fight to protect our language. Today there are 6 million albanian speakers in the Balkan.
I advice to Celtics to conserve their beautiful and historical Language too, because for me it’s the most important thing of a nation.
The language is the spirit of a nation.

[unmvedmver]

Great video, but you've gotta remember that "Celtiberian" isn't exactly the same as "Iberian Celtic". Celtiberian was a fusion of Celtic tribes with Iberian ones, whereas Iberian Celtic are the various Celtic dialects spoken in the Iberian peninsula, like Gallaecian and Cantabrian.

[alextooulias]

Celtic languages are dead
Asterix and Obelix: **laughs in celtic*

[ridhwansameja]

RIP
Proto-Celtic 999 BC- 600 BC
Gaulish 600 BC-800
Insular Celtic 600 BC-330 BC
Leponic 600 BC-99 BC
Celtiberian 389 BC-331
Brythonic 330 BC-800
Goidelic 330 BC-800
Galatian 189 BC-421
Cumbric 801-1200
Cornish 801-1801
Manx 801-1970

Survivors:
Welsh 801
Scottish Gaelic 801
Breton 801
Irish 801

[addis]

Are you planning to release a "History of Germanic Languages", "History of Italic/Romance Languages" and "History of Slavic Languages" any time soon?

[dracodistortion]

SIX NATIONS ARE WE, PROUD CELTIC AND FREE