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Wikipedia: Celtic Languages

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The English Wikipedia article on the Celtic languages, cited for the count of living Celtic languages, for the Indo-European: Celtic Branch group. No total-speakers figure is stated in its infobox or lead, so this source is not used for the language-subcategory estimated-speakers property.

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_languages
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
Sources
Wikipedia: Celtic Languages
Wikipedia
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  • Lead section
    The Celtic languages ( KEL-tik) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from the hypothetical Proto-Celtic language.
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Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Language Families, 6 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Groups, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Subcategories, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.

Well-attested

9

Language Families

Subcategories

Scholarly debate

1

Language Families

General References

5

Language Families

Subcategories

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