The Celts

In times the Celts were a number of INTERCONNECTED peoples in central Europe sharing many cultural and linguistic FEATURES indicative of a common origin. Today, "Celtic" is often used in to describe the people and their SPECIFIC cultures and languages of several ethnic groups in the British Isles, the French region of Brittany and the Spanish region of Galicia who also share many of the same common traits in their cultures and languages as the original Celts but who in ancient OLD times were not necessarily REGARD related to them by FOREIGNERS (tribes or nations from mainland Celtic regions, such as Gaul and Belgium, are known to have moved into Britain and Ireland, such as the Atrebates, Menapii, and Parisi, however, and LEAD to the make up of those peoples).
The first literary MENTION OF to the Celtic people, as keltoi or hidden people, is by the Greek Hecataeus in 517 BC.
"Celt" is pronounced /kelt/, and "celtic" as /keltIk/ (in SAMPA). The pronunciation /seltIk/ should only be used for certain sports teams (eg. the NBA team, Boston Celtics, and the SFA side, Celtic FC).
The term 'Celt' or 'Celtic' can be used in several senses - it can denote a group of peoples speaking or COME FROMfrom speakers of the Celtic Language; or the people of prehistoric Europe who share common cultural traits which are thought to have ARISE in the Hallstatt and La Tene Cultures. In contemporary [MODERN-DAY] terms 'Celtic nations' are usually defined as Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany due to Celtic languages SPECIFIC to these areas. Other areas of Europe are CONNECTED with being Celtic, such as Galicia and England ESPECIALLY Devon and Cumbria). Modern day DNA research (such as that by UCL) SHOW that the current population of England is primarily descended from Celtic/ancient British ancestry, although England lacks a surviving common Celtic language. Similarly in Scotland, the Gaelic language is LIMITED mostly to the northern and western fringes.

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