Quote Originally Posted by russia almighty
You mean with a few fragment's you can reconstruct the entire language .



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That's pretty bad ass . Pure curiosity but could it be pulled of mathematically ?
You wouldn't believe just the amount of pages that has been devoted on this subject alone in the Iberian Groups thread. It was a difficult decision considering just the small number of elements we had to work with. So rather than a full blown reconstruction, you have a proto-celtic construct that has been modified to fit the style of the language (which is one thing you can take out of the few things we that have survived).

Taking into account the difficulty in producing anything that's remotely acceptable, we're pretty happy with the result, and in hindsight, I'm glad Kull pushed me into slaving Anthony over this.

So, much like gamegeeek2 has said, it's essentially a Celtiberian language (in the practical sense; not to confuse with the actual Celtiberian language).

Quote Originally Posted by gamegeeek2
FYI, Iberian was a language isolate. The closest surviving relation is Basque (the language of the Vasci, who have the best infantry in the game); even that is somewhat debatable. Basque (and probably Iberian, too) are not Indo-European.

The most similar examples are the Northwestern Caucasus language, as link with Kartvelian has been long since disproved. The EB Lusotanaan language is, yes, greatly composed of Proto-Celtic words, making it probably most similar to Celtiberian language.

Is Basque, the surviving language of the Vasci, used for the name of the Dosidataskeli (Vasci Armoured Shock Infantry aka best inf. in game)? It would be pretty much fully accurate to name them using Basque, even though it has been influenced by Vulgar Latin.
Hmmm....no. The Iberian-Basque link has never been actually seriously proven as well. There's a certain amount of overlap between the two cultures and languages on the Ebro valley to prompt some rather nationalistic elements to quickly form a direct connection, but that's about it.

You are correct, Iberian and Basque are not Indo-European languages. They're something else entirely. I'd gamble for a pre-migratory connection for the Basques and a Italic/Mediterranean connection for the Iberians.

As for modern Basque, it's just that; a modern construct from the various dialects, much like modern Greek.