Q-Celtic hypothesis

Q-Celtic hypothesis

Q-Celtic, according to one schemata of categorization , is a node of the Celtic languages incorporating the following language groups:
*Celtiberian
*Goidelic
**Primitive Irish
**Old Irish
**Middle Irish
***Irish
***Scottish Gaelic
***Manx

There are two main competing schemata of categorization of Celtic languages. The older P-Celtic/Q-Celtic hypothesis groups Gaulish with Brythonic as P-Celtic. The difference between P and Q languages is the treatment of Proto-Celtic *"kw", which became *"p" in the P-Celtic languages but *"k" in Goidelic.

The other scheme, defended for example by McCone (1996), links Goidelic and Brythonic together as an Insular Celtic branch.


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