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The six Celtic nations. Brittany. Cornwall. Ireland. Isle of Man. Scotland. Wales. The Celtic nations or Celtic countries [1] are a cultural area and collection of geographical regions in Northwestern Europe where the Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived. [2] The term nation is used in its original sense to mean a people who share ...
The Celtic languages ( / ˈkɛltɪk / KEL-tik) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from Proto-Celtic. [ 1] The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, [ 2] following Paul-Yves Pezron, who made the explicit link between the Celts described by classical writers and the Welsh ...
The Insular Celts were speakers of the Insular Celtic languages in the British Isles and Brittany. The term is mostly used for the Celtic peoples of the isles up until the early Middle Ages, covering the British – Irish Iron Age, Roman Britain and Sub-Roman Britain. They included the Celtic Britons, the Picts, and the Gaels .
Scottish Gaelic ( / ˈɡælɪk /, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ⓘ ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. [3]
Celtic have won 54 top-flight titles, and hold the record for most Scottish Cup wins with 42. The club's record appearance maker is Billy McNeill, who made 822 appearances between 1957 and 1975. Jimmy McGrory is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 522 goals during his Celtic career. All figures are correct as of 25 May 2024.
Scots is a contraction of Scottis, the Older Scots [14] and northern version of late Old English: Scottisc (modern English "Scottish"), which replaced the earlier i-mutated version Scyttisc. [22] [23] Before the end of the fifteenth century, English speech in Scotland was known as "English" (written Ynglis or Inglis at the time), whereas ...
Celtic refers to a language family and, more generally, means "of the Celts" or "in the style of the Celts". Several archaeological cultures are considered Celtic ...
July 25, 2024 at 9:47 AM. [Getty Images] Celtic have made a renewed attempt to sign left-back Hugo Bueno on loan from Wolves. The Scottish Premiership champions want to take the left-back on a ...