| 单词 | Celtic language |
| 例句 | Irish, a Celtic language closely related to Scottish Gaelic, is the oldest spoken language in Western Europe, according to Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, a professor at Concordia University’s School of Irish Studies in Montreal. ‘Bursting Proud’: Ireland Cheers Paul Mescal for Embracing Irish Language 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z But the question of exactly how and when the Celtic languages — and the Celtic religion and other elements of Celtic culture — got to ancient Britain and Ireland is, let's just say, highly contentious. Hey, Irish Americans: Your "Celtic" tattoo isn't Celtic — because that whole idea was made up 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The incised lines in the sculptures have an unexpected source too: They’re based on the written form of Ogham, an ancient Celtic language dating at least to the first century. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z He seemed surprised to hear that there was a Celtic language in France, namely Breton. My night with Gérard Depardieu: pipes, poems and a skinful ... of haggis 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Those lands remained under the control of the Gaelic Celts, and Celtic languages are still practiced in those countries today. 10 bewitching facts About Beltane, the ancient gaelic fire festival 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Nantes is the historical capital of Brittany, where about 220,000 people speak Breton, which, along with Cornish, is the surviving Celtic language most closely related to Welsh. Rugby World Cup: Why Welsh anthem sounds familiar in Breton 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z For centuries, Manx — part of the Celtic language family, like Irish and Scottish Gaelic — was how people on the island communicated. Your Friday Briefing 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z For centuries, Manx — part of the Celtic language family like Irish and Scottish Gaelic — was how people on the island communicated in their everyday lives. Manx Language, Once Almost Silenced, Is Now the Talk of the Town 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Celtic languages and Latin soon gave way to Old English, a Germanic language that shares vocabulary with German and Dutch. Migration, not conquest, drove Anglo-Saxon takeover of England 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Scientists have uncovered evidence for a large-scale, prehistoric migration into Britain that may be linked to the spread of Celtic languages. Ancient mass-migration linked to British genes 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The migrants likely introduced Celtic languages related to those spoken today in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Early migration from France may have brought Celtic languages to Britain 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The word "Tweed" actually means "border" in an ancient Celtic language. Can Scotland close the border with England? 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “Same arrogance of centuries past that did down native Celtic languages for the Germanic import,” he wrote, referring to the English language’s West Germanic roots. Boris Johnson sparks outrage, saying everyone in U.K. should speak English first 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Alternatively, the genetic data may be hinting at a separate migration from continental Europe during the Iron Age - perhaps one that brought Celtic languages into Britain. Study targets British DNA mystery 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The researchers also propose that the migrants and their descendants in Britain enabled the spread of Celtic languages. Ancient mass-migration linked to British genes 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z If so, Celtic languages began to reach Britain as much as 1000 years earlier than expected, he says. Early migration from France may have brought Celtic languages to Britain 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z He tells me that in the 1930s there was a kick back against "alternative cultures" and that separate identities and Celtic languages were feared - seen as anti-establishment and in conflict with the British Imperial image. 'Nothing but a holiday resort?' Revisiting 1939 Cornwall 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Another intriguing possibility links the Beaker people with the spread of Celtic languages. Ancient Britons 'replaced' by newcomers 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The name derives from “ar” and “bos” in the Celtic language, meaning “fertile earth.” TASTE OF THE TOUR: Cheese in a box and Brel’s favored wine. 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Ancient Gaelic and Celtic language and culture met here with Anglo-Saxon influence to create something entirely new for the world. TRAVEL: Edinburgh gives visitor experience of Scottish capital with whisky, history, food 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z For decades, prehistorians thought Celtic languages arrived in Britain about 2400 years ago in the Iron Age, along with “Celtic” art and inscriptions first spotted in Central Europe. Early migration from France may have brought Celtic languages to Britain 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The posters are part of a larger effort in Scotland to preserve its Celtic language, which was disappearing at a precipitous rate until recently. To speak in tongues 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z To be sure, some think that Celtic languages originated with the Celts on continental Europe and subsequently spread to Ireland, Wales and Scotland. A man’s discovery of bones under his pub could forever change what we know about the Irish 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Fast forward to the present and Celts are confined to the Atlantic fringe of Britain, Ireland, northwest France and Galicia, Spain, where Celtic languages live on in varying degrees of health. Celtic links from pre-history to now at British Museum show 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Resistance to English rule has an eight-hundred-year history in Wales that is intimately connected with the struggle to preserve its Celtic language, Cymraeg. Can Dying Languages Be Saved? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The results boost a theory that Celtic languages spread from France to Britain in the Late Bronze Age. Early migration from France may have brought Celtic languages to Britain 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Breton, a Celtic language that is close to Cornish and Welsh, was historically scorned as a "patois" of the working classes, but has enjoyed a mini-revival in recent years after decades of decline. Europeans with an eye on Edinburgh 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z This placed Celtic languages far from the Celt homelands in the middle of Europe at a very, very early date. A man’s discovery of bones under his pub could forever change what we know about the Irish 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z "Claiming the name of being a Celtic nation and speaking Celtic languages is very much a statement of difference. It enables," Farley said. Celtic links from pre-history to now at British Museum show 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z There were also a few who thought he was teaching a Celtic language and for whom everything Celtic had a mystic allure. Alice Munro: “The Bear Came over the Mountain.” 2013-10-14T04:00:00Z The later migrations and political dominance of the English eventually marginalized Celtic languages, leaving them spoken chiefly beyond England’s borders, Armit says. Early migration from France may have brought Celtic languages to Britain 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Lies: Did you really get degrees in Celtic languages and stem cell biology at Harvard? Hey Job Applicants, Time to Stop the Social-Media Sabotage 2013-06-27T13:59:48Z The study drew on research of names representing the word "eagle" given to places when Old English, Norse, Welsh and Scots and Irish Gaelic that replaced older Celtic language place names. Eagle decline since AD500 mapped 2012-06-08T00:42:24Z Among all the languages which contribute to the variety and picturesqueness of English plant names, Dr. Prior deems Maple the only one surviving from the Celtic language. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z The language of the Britons has not been preserved, but then no more has the Celtic language in Gaul. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z He knew Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, Armenian, several Celtic languages and the languages of modern Europe; but he published little, and his scholarship found scant outlet in the college class-room. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Parallel to these forms with p are forms in the Italic languages except Latin and Faliscan, and in the Cymric group of the Celtic languages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Doubtless, too, it was continuously enhanced by his intimate knowledge of two of the Celtic languages, that of the Breton and that of the Gael. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z "A German will teach Irish at the University of Illinois, beginning in February, when Dr. Kuno E. Meyer of the University of Berlin will become visiting professor of the Celtic language and literature." Songs of Heroic Days 2011-08-23T02:00:30.883Z The Teutonic race is entirely confined to north-western Europe, and embraces some groups speaking Celtic languages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Here it may be noticed, that the Celtic language did not become extinct in Gaul until many centuries after the termination of the Roman sway and the establishment of the Franks in that country. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z This is the case, for instance, in the Celtic languages; and the Breton or Gaulish names have affected the Latin system, so that the French names for some numbers are on the vigesimal system. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Next he concentrated his efforts upon the field of Celtic languages, literature and law, in which he soon became an authority. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" He was subsequently sent to a relative in Scotland where he was taught the original Celtic language. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution For this reason scholars have largely occupied themselves with Irish, which for purposes of comparative philology may be regarded as the classic Celtic language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Had the process of diffusion occupied a great many ages, there must have been a commensurate change in the Celtic language, which would have displayed itself in the local names of the more distant regions. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z The history of the Celtic language runs on to the present day. Lectures on The Science of Language Aram’s writings show that he had grasped the right idea on the subject of the Indo-European character of the Celtic language, which was not established till J.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" In the Celtic languages, moreover, rime is the indispensable mark of the poetic form, even in the oldest extant specimens. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History History of Celtic Philology.—For many centuries the affinities of the Celtic languages were the subject of great dispute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The name chole may be connected with German Kolbe, and golf may be the form which this word would assume in a Celtic language. Devil Stories An Anthology Celtic in Devon.—When was the Celtic language obsolete in the South Hams of Devon? Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Attempts which have been made to explain its name by the Celtic language have failed, and it is therefore possible that an inhabited post existed there even before the Celts arrived. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Celtic language. The 2001 CIA World Factbook J. Loth and E. Ernault have concentrated their attention on Breton, and can claim that the development of the speech of Brittany has been more thoroughly investigated than that of any other Celtic language. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Celtic language. The 2003 CIA World Factbook The margin and blank vellum of this ancient volume contain, in the Celtic language, some grants and entries reaching much beyond the age of any of our other Scottish charters and chronicles. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 As there are several Queries in the Note of G. W. which the Celtic language is capable of elucidating, I beg to offer a few derivations from that language. Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. If one might indulge in a conjecture, I should say that there probably was in the Celtic language a root kar, which in the Cymbric branch would assume the form par. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities The Celtic languages betray a surprising affinity with the Italic dialects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Current concerns include reviving the almost extinct Manx Celtic language. The 2003 CIA World Factbook Marcellus, the private physician of the Roman Emperor Theodosius, was a Gaul born in Aquitane, and hence, it is believed, was intimately acquainted with the Gaulish or Celtic language of that province. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 It is probable that the ancient Gaulish, certainly a Celtic language, belongs to this branch. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature We know what we mean by a Celtic language, and in the grammar of each language we are able to produce a most perfect scientific definition of its real character. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Celtic languages form one group of the Indo-European family of languages. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The two Celtic languages had to be recognised. The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad. The question which I cannot solve is, On which of the Celtic languages is this jargon based? The Gypsies The Celtic languages are subdivided into two branches, representing two separate immigrations, about p. 5which little is known for certain, except that they happened a very long time ago. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature It was mainly inhabited by Celts, who came thither from Europe in the 3rd century B.C., and spoke a Celtic language as late as the 2nd and even 4th century after Christ. The Books of the New Testament In France the result of the Germanic conquest was totally different; the Celtic language reappeared there no more than in England. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance The name for the real cat in Greek was κἁττα, in Latin catus, and these words have supplied the names for cat in all the Teutonic, Slavonic, and Celtic languages. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge Armorica, which word in the old Celtic language signified a maritime country, comprised that part of Celtic Gaul which is now divided into Brittany, Lower Normandy, Anjou, Maine, and Touraine. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March In all the Celtic languages there are certain partly grammatical and partly phonetic changes of the first letters of words, which are called by various names, the most convenient of which is initial mutations. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature The Celtic language is still spoken in lower Brittany. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The river betrays its original in its name; for it has no relation to the Celtic language, but is apparently of Egyptian or Canaanitish etymology. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) The Britons spoke a Celtic language, best represented by modern Welsh. New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words Gaelic is a Celtic language, belonging to an entirely different linguistic group from English, and having close affinities to Irish and Welsh. Robert Burns How To Know Him This construction, which answers more or less to the ablative absolute of Latin, and the genitive absolute of Greek, is common to all the Celtic languages. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature The Celtic language reappeared; the Celtic art emerged from its shelters in the west to develop in new and medieval fashions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" But he talks the sweet Celtic language, and not only talks it but thinks in it also. Among Famous Books Elsewhere, however, the Celtic names seem to have dropped out, for the most part, with the Celtic language. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain In the Lowlands of the twelfth century, the whole influence of the Church was directed to the extermination of the Culdee religion, associated with the Celtic language and with Celtic civilization. An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) In the Celtic languages the absolute clause has two forms. a. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature The five Celtic languages, Breton, Irish, Welsh, Manx, and Gaelic, contain the following well-defined vigesimal scales. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development From the great reverence in which they held this tree, it is thought their name of Druids is derived: the word Deru, in the Celtic language, signifying an oak. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) The Celtic language is now admittedly one of the most ancient in existence. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Celtic language in Gaul and Britain, 14, 26. The Romanization of Roman Britain It is well not to attempt to force a Celtic language into a Teutonic mould. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature In connection with the Celtic language, mention must be made of the persistent vigesimal element which has held its place in French. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development Pen, it is known, signifies in the Celtic language "a hill". Notes and Queries, Number 28, May 11, 1850 The Celtic language affords many other possibilities, but an accurate knowledge of the locality is requisite in judging of their probablility. Notes and Queries, Number 14, February 2, 1850 In the Celtic languages the initial consonants undergo several types of change according to the grammatical relation that subsists between the word itself and the preceding word. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech There have been seven Celtic languages—not all at once, of course—and indeed it is possible that there may have been more; but seven are known to have existed. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature They resembled the Britons in speaking a Celtic tongue; but it was a Gaelic and not a Cymric form of the Celtic language. Critiques and Addresses He adopts, your readers will perceive, the modern English spelling, which could not lead to a correct result, even if M. Bullet had been acquainted with the Celtic languages. Notes and Queries, Number 17, February 23, 1850 The descendants of the old Celtic peoples have not kept up the Celtic languages to any great extent. The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe They had identified him as a German professor of Celtic languages, who had held a chair in a Welsh college—a dangerous fellow, for he was an upright, high-minded, raging fanatic. Mr. Standfast As in the other Celtic languages, when a noun is followed by another noun in the possessive appositional genitive, the first noun has no definite article. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature Other natives took refuge in the hill regions of western and northern Britain, and here their descendants still keep up the Celtic language and traditions. Early European History The peoples that have longest preserved dialects of the Celtic languages appear from anthropometric researches to contain a dominant strain of a different race, perhaps that of the pre-Indo-European inhabitants of Western Europe. Vergil A Biography The other Celtic languages which have existed within the last one hundred years are the Gaelic of the north of Scotland, the Breton of western France, and the Cornish of the southwestern corner of England. The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe As Wilamowitz reminds us, it was the Roman legions, not Virgil and Horace, that stamped out the Celtic languages and romanised Western Europe. The War and Democracy The reason of this is that in Cornish, as in the other Celtic languages, the infinitive is counted as a verbal noun, signifying the act of doing. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature In what parts of the British Isles are Celtic languages still spoken? Early European History The Celtic languages are dying out, but they have left us something which will last so long as our literature lasts. English Literature for Boys and Girls You will notice that the Celtic languages are found only in small parts of the British Isles, and in the westernmost point of France. The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe The attacotts, as they were called, were not slaves, but poor agriculturists obliged to pay heavy rents: their very name in the Celtic language means "rent-paying tribes or people." Irish Race in the Past and the Present Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: a Dictionary of the ancient Celtic language of Cornwall, in which the words are elucidated by copious examples from the Cornish works now remaining; with translations in English. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature Even to-day a variety of the old Celtic language, called Cymric, is still spoken by the Welsh people. Early European History The word "gars" pronounced "ga" is a relic of the Celtic language. The Chouans Munster, Ulster, and Connaught were ruled by petty sovereigns, partly Celts, and partly degenerate Normans, who had forgotten their origin and had adopted the Celtic language and manners. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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