Quote Originally Posted by Brennus View Post
Pretty much. Although you could further split hairs by adding a Belgic linguistic group, assuming you accept the work of Hans Kuhn "Volker schweissen Germanen und Kelten".



The traditional approach, although an increasing number of phonologists are questioning it, has been to divide the "Celtic" languages (Atlantean has not caught on as a term) into P and Q groups, based on the above differences in translation. It also helps that the extant Q languages all stem from Old Irish whilst the extant P languages all stem from Iron Age British. At present the classification is as such:

Q Celtic:

Irish/Gaelic
Scots Gaelic (Incorrectly referred to by many Scots as "Gallic", also may have some influences from the now extinct Pictish and British Strathclyde languages)
Manx (Extinct as of the 1974, however since revived, also strongly influenced by Early Medieval Norse)

P Celtic

Welsh
Breton (Also influenced by Gaulish)
Cornish (Extinct 1777 as a primary language but undergoing a revival since)

I should also add that all of these languages have been strongly influenced by neighbouring English and French.
I would go a little further than this. I am working on an argument that English and Welsh have evolved from similar linguistic backgrounds; that, specifically the Welsh language is a form of vulgar Latin (and that the term cymru is based around the same concept as Latinis Vulgaris) upon a Brythonnic stratum - but that stratum is 'Germanic'.

I also believe that Irish (Goidellic) has, itself, a strong 'Germanic' stratum. (I don't like the term 'Germanic' any more than I like 'Celtic' btw, I think both are steeped in quasi nationalist/ethnic drivel.



Quote Originally Posted by Brennus View Post
You haven't read a book by Peter Wells "Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians" have you? He makes pretty much the same point with regards to the term Asian.
I haven't. Is it worth pursuing in your opinion?