Re: Germanic and Celtic (was Re: Verb-second ... verb-penultimate languages?)

Sadly did not see that special, reminds me I need to get cable,
and give a darn to watch TV.. Local channels are all garbage for
the most part.

Hum, I can see it, since The CeltoIberians was not totally long
headed (I know old ethnic definitions). While the Iberians was
sort of round headed. While most of those we call Celts in
Ireland/Scotland was long headed, and often lighter of hair,
while Welsh and like, was often rounder of head (if I remember
right) and darker of hair. Some Irish was dark haired and blue
eyed, Welsh strain or something else?

So yes, I can see the ethnic, sort of like todays Hispanic, you
can be White, Black, AmerIndian, and even to a degree Asian in
blood but be culturally Hispanic.

See Phillipines, to a degree they are hispanic, but with some
American (US) aka British influences, but still to a great
degree Malayo-Polynesian with even some other from Aztec to
Black and others. Even had a Japanese (pre-ww2) colony there or
was that Java? And Chinese as well colony..

And with it being on the end of a long Muslim and even earlier
Buddhist (Religion was active in that region 1000+ years ago)
trade/religious/ethnic/culture route.

Where trade goes, so does culture, and genetics as well. Or see
all the War Brides in the past..

Yes, I expect the Celts as we call them, had a term similar to
Gaul, or Gael, or Gala or something like. As seen by the name
Galatia, Gaul, and the language called Gaelic and like? But yes,
it is like how you have various what we would call Eskimo, who
have language names that show some simularity..

Yupik, Inupiaq (I forget if it is Inupiaq for the people or the
Language, vs Inupiat), Inuit, Innikkuit (sp), Aleutiq, Chupik
and other names.. More for regions and linguistic lineages.
Often sharing some cultural relationship to each other.

Sorry if I used old terms, learned Anthro back in the 1970s.
Also I look at Alaskan native culture and can see how things
could have happened back in the ancient times..

Mike


Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Bleackley" <Peter.Bleackley@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: Germanic and Celtic (was Re: Verb-second ...
verb-penultimate languages?)



>
> Did you see that programme about the history of the Celts on
Channel Four a
> couple of months ago? It suggested that Celtic identity was
defined
> culturally rather than ethnically, and that it spread across
much of Europe
> from the Danube region due to the cultural influence of
wealthy traders.
> There was a point in the programme where they compared Gaulish
with Welsh,
> and found some very close cognates. Caesar was quoted as
saying that the
> Britons spoke a language similar to the Celts of Gaul.
>
> It is certain that the Britons did not use the term "Celts" of
themselves,
> nor did anyone else use the term of them in their own time.
However, it is
> clear that they were part of a cultural and linguistic group
that includes
> people who were known as Celts. The programme also said that
while British
> artwork was clearly in the Celtic style, there were lots of
distinctive
> British twists that set it apart from continental Celtic
artwork.
>
> Pete