Home›Eurasian Language Families›Indo-European Branches›Indo-European: Celtic BranchGroupIndo-European: Celtic BranchThe Celtic branch of Indo-European divides into Insular Celtic, today surviving as Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh and further split into the Goidelic and Brittonic sub-branches, and the entirely extinct Continental Celtic languages once spoken across much of pre-Roman Europe. This child group, under Indo-European Branches, holds every Eurasian Language Families member whose sourced description identifies it as Celtic, Goidelic, Brittonic, Insular Celtic or Continental Celtic.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested6 1Browse ByAll Indo-European: Celtic BranchIndo-European: Celtic Branch5 entriesIndo-European: Celtic BranchFilter Results5 entriesMacro-areaAllIndo-European Branches (5)Indo-European: Celtic Branch (5)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllCeltic (2)Indo-European (1)Speaker Count BandAll0 (1)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (1)RegionAllAnatolia (1)Europe (4)United Kingdom (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (2)Classification StatusAllEstablished (4)Number of LanguagesAll16 to 1,408 (1)3 to 5 (2)6 to 15 (1)In GroupAllIndo-European: Celtic Branch (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5CelticEurasian Language Families4 linksContinental CelticEurasian Language Families1 linkGoidelicEurasian Language Families1 linkInsular CelticEurasian Language FamiliesSouthwestern Brittonic languagesEurasian Language FamiliesSources1. Wikipedia: Celtic Languagestier 2WikipediaBody, living-languages sentenceQuote, Body, living-languages sentenceThere are six living languages: the four continuously living languages Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh, and the two revived languages Cornish and Manx.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.