
Episode 17: Ancient Celts and the Latin Invasion of Gaul
The History of English Podcast
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Ancient Celtic Languages
The ancient celts were linguistic descendants of the early celtic tribes. They all spoke languages which were descended from the original indo european language. In the mid 18 hundred a prehistoric cemetery was discovered near hallstadt in modern austria. And excavations reveal that this was the site of a culture that existed from around the eighth century b c until the sixth century b c. This indicates a general westward movement of these peoples from southeastern europe into western europe.
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