| covers the "Celtic", "Gaelic+ Welsh" or Gaeilge+ Cymraeg set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity; comprising 1 set of languages (= 5 outer languages) spoken by communities in insular and maritime northwestern Europe, from the Hebridean islands to the Breton peninsula: 50-A GAEILGE+ CYMRAEG The internal unity of the [50=] Celtic set appears less close than that of other sets in this phylosector, and there may be a case for regarding the [50=] Gaeilge+ Gàidhlig (Gaelic) and [50=] Cymraeg+ Brezhoneg (Britannic) chains as separate components of the Indo-European intercontinental affinity. |