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Treffie
09-29-2009, 10:06 AM
http://indo-european-migrations.scienceontheweb.net/map_of_indo_european_migrations.html

http://indo-european-migrations.scienceontheweb.net/

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Treffie
09-29-2009, 10:10 AM
Map as attachment for those who may not be able to view it
Kadu
09-29-2009, 11:57 AM
Map as attachment for those who may not be able to view it

Hey hey!:D, we didn't speak Lusitanian here, our Southern neighbours did, not us.
Treffie
09-29-2009, 12:46 PM
Hey hey!:D, we didn't speak Lusitanian here, our Southern neighbours did, not us.

I didn't create the map, ok? :p
Liffrea
09-29-2009, 02:02 PM
I think the Celtic languages could be knocked back far earlier than 400BC, perhaps even as early as 1000BC.

There is debate over the origins of the Pelasgians, so the presence of IE speakers in the Aegean might be earlier.
Stefan
09-29-2009, 08:42 PM
I think the Celtic languages could be knocked back far earlier than 400BC, perhaps even as early as 1000BC.

There is debate over the origins of the Pelasgians, so the presence of IE speakers in the Aegean might be earlier.

Well they do have gaullish at 600 b.c. I'm sure the continental languages pre-date the isle ones. It can't be much older than that. You'll start bordering the split between italic and celtic languages.

Edit: The map is pretty tough to read, but it looks like they have celtiberian at 700 b.c
Treffie
09-30-2009, 09:31 AM
Well they do have gaullish at 600 b.c. I'm sure the continental languages pre-date the isle ones. It can't be much older than that. You'll start bordering the split between italic and celtic languages.


Well, it's debateable, some linguists say that the Brythonic languages could be 4,000 years old, but they're at least 2,000 years old IMO - they were spoken here when the Romans arrived.
Hrolf Kraki
10-02-2009, 12:31 AM
I think the Celtic languages could be knocked back far earlier than 400BC, perhaps even as early as 1000BC.



I agree. Celts inhabited Gaul in 1000BC and they spoke Celtic languages. These languages are however now extinct as only the insular Celtic languages survived to evolve into what´s now Welsh, Gaelic, et. al.