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Gaelic

Gaelic or Goidelic derived from the Gallaic language spoken by the Gallaeci tribes in Gallaecia in N.W. Spain. Gallaic is the Q-Celtic language of the Halstatt Celts that settled in Galicia circa 800 B.C. Celtiberian is also a Q-Celtic language of the La Tene Celts that settled in N.E. Spain circa 500 B.C. These La Tene Celts are known as the Celtiberians.
The word for hundred is "cet" in Old Irish or Old Gaelic and the word for hundred is "kiot" in Gallaic.
by GalaicoWarrior August 5, 2007
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Q-Celtic

First branch to separate from Common Celtic.
Gallaic, Goidelic and Celtiberian are Q-Celtic.
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Breoghan macBratha

Breoghan, king of Celtic Galicia who's real name was Breganos maccos Bratus.
Breoghan macBratha was a Milesian.
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Goidelic

Goidelic was introduced in Ireland by the Gallaeci of Galicia, N.W. Spain circa 500 B.C. The Gallaeci spoke an archaic Goidelic Q-Celtic tongue called Gallaic. The Gallaeci are the Halstatt Celts that settled in Galicia circa 800 B.C. In Ireland, Gallaic evolved into Primitive Irish.
Celtiberian was introduced in N.E. Spain by the La Tene Celts that settled in the area circa 500 B.C. Celtiberian is also Q-Celtic, but not Goidelic.
The name for hundred in Gallaic is "ciot and "cet" in Old Irish, both words are Goidelic.
by GalaicoWarrior August 17, 2007
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Gallaic

An archaic Goidelic Q-Celtic language spoken by the Gallaeci Celts of Galicia, N.W. Spain and N. Portugal.
The ancestral Celtic language that evolved into primitive Irish Gaelic.
Gallaic was spoken bY the Hallstatt Celts that settled in Gallaecia circa 800 B.C.
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Devonian

The Southwestern Brythonic P-Celtic language and common ancestor of Breton and Cornish.
Devonian was spoken in Dorset, Somerset and Cornwall.
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triskelion

An ancient Celtic symbol consisting in three spirals attached in the center.
Triskelions were found in Celtic hillforts.
by GalaicoWarrior May 23, 2010
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