Before the coming of the Roman empire, Celtic languages were spoken across Europe. Present day placenames indicate the extent of their influence: the town of Bala in Turkey and the city of London in ...
As noted by Prof. Hildegard Tristram, the issues of English influence on the Insular Celtic languages did not receive due attention because of political undercurrents of the British Isles [Tristram ...
The Celtic languages that survived are those that migrated from mainland Europe to the western islands of Britain and Ireland. Labelled Insular to differentiate them from the Continental European ...