OK wise one. If a proto-Celtic spoke
proto-Celtic and a Nostratic spoke Nostratic, would a proto-Celtic and Nostratic
be able to converse? If so, which language would they be speaking? A
proto-Celtic-Nostratic?
Gerry
----- Original Message -----From: Piotr GasiorowskiSent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:16 PMSubject: Re: [Nostratica] Proto-Celtic
> Is Proto-Celtic and Nostratic one and the same?
'Course not. Proto-Celtic is the common ancestor of the Celtic languages (a subset of IE). Proto-Celtic was one of the descendants of PIE, which in turn was possibly derived from Proto-Nostratic. If the Nostratic hypothesis is correct, Proto-Nostratic is a distant ancestor of Proto-Celtic, older by several thousand years.
> If not, is there another term by which Proto-Celtic is known?
Some folks use the spelling (Proto-)Keltic for their own private satisfaction; there are no alternative English names in current use.
> IOW, what language did a Proto-Celt speak?
Proto-Celtic, ex definitione.
Piotr
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