Celtiberian language

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Celtiberian

Spoken in

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speaker none ( language extinct )
Linguistic
classification
Language codes
ISO 639 -1

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ISO 639 -2

cel (other Celtic languages)

ISO 639-3

xce

The Celtiberian language (more rarely called Iberoceltic ) is the only Celtic language recorded south of the Pyrenees . It is documented for the last centuries before the turn of the ages and probably died out around the turn of the ages .

Inscription on the tablet of Botorrita I.

The Celtiberian is poorly documented compared to the Gallic , but still better than the other mainland Celtic languages Lepontic and Galatian . In addition to numerous coin finds , it was above all the Botorrita tablets with their sometimes relatively long texts that enabled linguists to gain a somewhat better understanding of the Celtiberian language. Apart from Botorrita II, which contains an inscription in Latin characters , the other three panels show inscriptions in the Iberian alphabet, a syllable alphabet that was adopted through contact with Iberian culture.

The Celtiberian script was also used to write the Celtiberian language .

Celtiberian shows closer parallels to the other recorded mainland Celtic languages , but unlike these it belongs to the Q-Celtic languages . It also has some linguistic peculiarities that are otherwise not found in the Celtic languages. It is therefore considered to be crucial for a more precise classification and structure of all Celtic languages .

Distribution of the language areas on the Iberian Peninsula around 300 BC Chr. Tarte Maltese Language spotted, Celtiberian languages beige, Iberian language orange and the Aquitanian language highlighted in green.

literature

  • Javier de Hoz: La lengua y la escritura celtibéricas. Celtiberos. Tras la estela de Numancia. (2005), pp. 417-426.
  • Carlos Jordán: Celtibérico. Zaragoza 2004
  • Wolfgang Meid, S. Bökönyi, W. Meid, (Eds.): Celtiberian Inscriptions. Minor (en inglés) 5. Budapest: Archaeolingua. (1994), pp. 12-13.
  • Jürgen Untermann: Monumenta Linguarum Hispanicarum. IV The Tartessian, Celtiberian and Lusitan inscriptions. Wiesbaden 1997
  • Javier Velaza: Balance actual de la onomástica personal celtibérica. Pueblos, lenguas y escrituras en la Hispania Prerromana. Wiesbaden 1999, pp. 663-683.
  • Francisco Villar: Los indoeuropeos y los orígenes de Europa. Madrid 1991, ISBN 84-249-1471-6 .
  • Francisco Villar: Estudios de celtibérico y de toponimia prerromana. Salamanca 1995
  • DS Wodtko: An outline of Celtiberian grammar. Freiburg 2003

Web links

Commons : Celtiberian language  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Celtiberian  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations