----- Original Message -----
From: Joe <joe@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: The etymology of (King) Arthur (was Re: CHAT: reign names)
> Mario Bonassin wrote:
>
> >I always thought that Welsh and Gaelic were both descendents of the
Celtic
> >languages as well?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Insular Celtic. We were discussing Continental Celtic. The list of
> attested languages is as follows (An asterisk means extinct, though the
> insular ones are undergoing revivals):
>
> P. Celtic
> Insular Celtic
> Welsh
> Cornish*
> Q. Celtic
> Insular Celtic
> Irish Gaelic
> Manx Gaelic*
what happened to drive Manx [and Cornish] into the long night of linguistic
history? *curious*