Proto-Celtic language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Proto-Celtic_language
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Old_Irish
gptkb:Celtiberian_language
gptkb:Continental_Celtic_languages
gptkb:Gaulish_language
gptkb:Lepontic_language
gptkb:Goidelic_languages
gptkb:Insular_Celtic_languages
gptkb:Brythonic_languages
gptkbp:era circa 1300–800 BCE
gptkbp:family gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkbp:glottologCode prot1241
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Proto-Celtic language
gptkbp:ISO639-3 cel-pro
gptkbp:linguisticFeature lenition of stops
development of *mr, *ml to *br, *bl
initial *kʷ > p in some branches
loss of Proto-Indo-European *p in most positions
syncope of unstressed vowels
gptkbp:notAttested no direct written records
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Proto-Indo-European_language
gptkbp:region gptkb:Central_and_Western_Europe
gptkbp:restored comparative linguistics
descendant languages
gptkbp:status extinct
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Celtic_languages
gptkbp:writingSystem unwritten
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Brythonic_language
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6