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Q-Celtic

Q-Celtic proper noun: the Goidelic language group.

Proper noun

Q-Celtic

  1. The Goidelic language group.
  2. More generally, any Celtic language (such as Celtiberian) where Proto-Celtic *kʷ became [k] or remained as

Origin of Q-Celtic

Due to these languages retaining the phoneme /*kʷ/, as opposed to P-Celtic in which it changed to /*p/.

Questions about Q-Celtic

What does Q-Celtic mean?
Q-Celtic means the Goidelic language group.
What part of speech is Q-Celtic?
Q-Celtic is a proper noun.

Words near Q-Celtic in the dictionary

  1. Q-boat
  2. Q-boats
  3. Q-car
  4. Q-carbon
  5. Q-cars
  6. Q-Celtic
  7. Q-code
  8. Q-codes
  9. Q-Day
  10. q-derivative
  11. q-derivatives

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