Insular Celtic languages are the group of Celtic languages spoken in Brittany, Great Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man. All surviving Celtic languages belong to the Insular group, including Breton, which is spoken on continental Europe in Brittany, France. The Continental Celtic languages, although once widely spoken in mainland Europe and in Anatolia, are extinct.
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Proto-Language StatusInsular Celtic has no proto-language of its own separately named from Proto-Celtic. It is a proposed higher-level grouping within Celtic, competing with the older P-Celtic/Q-Celtic classification. 2 Insular Celtic has no proto-language separately named from Proto-Celtic; whether it is a valid genetic node, versus the alternative P-Celtic/Q-Celtic classification, is debated, though the Insular Celtic view has been the more widely held position among specialists since the 1970s. RegionBrittany, Cornwall, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Scotland, and Wales 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Insular Celtic languages
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Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Scotland, and Wales
2. Wikipedia: Celtic Languages
WikipediaContinental/Insular Celtic and P/Q-Celtic hypotheses section, English Wikipedia article Celtic languagesQuote, Continental/Insular Celtic and P/Q-Celtic hypotheses section, English Wikipedia article Celtic languages
since the 1970s the division into Insular and Continental Celtic has become the more widely held view (Cowgill 1975; McCone 1991, 1992; Schrijver 1995)
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