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2007-11-12 11:08:48 · 10 answers · asked by John H 1 in Arts & Humanities Genealogy

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Yes. Everyone from the British Isles are Celtic except for the English, who are Anglo-Saxon.

2007-11-12 11:12:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Aye, Modern Celts include the inhabitants of Brittany, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, and Scotland along with any descendants who immigrated primarily to Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

Next question: Is the world "Celtic" pronounced as "Sel-tik" or "Kel-tik"? Until the mid-twentieth century, "Celtic" was pronounced as an "s" sound except by a small number of linguists. The Concise Oxford Dictionary incidentally still gives this soft "c" sound as the first pronunciation. However, a growing number of speakers influenced perhaps by the fact that there is no soft c in Scottish Gaelic pronounce the word as "Kel-tik".

2007-11-13 02:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 1 0

Yes. This is common knowledge. Contrary to some of the other answers there are far more parts of England that could be considered as being Celtic than Cornwall. For example, try Cumbria for a start.

2007-11-13 18:56:33 · answer #3 · answered by Jock 6 · 0 1

For the most part yes. According to tradition approx. 1000 years B.C. the son of Miletus, a Celtic king in Iberia, invaded the island of Ireland. These Milesians, as they were called, named their new conquered country Scota (Scotia in Latin) after one of Miletus' wives.
Eventually some of their descendants settled the northern part of Great Britain and began calling their colonies Scota or Scotland also.
The Irish began calling their island Eire after another of Miletus' wives.

The Scots, Irish and Manx are Gaels. Gaels are a Celtic people.

2007-11-14 08:18:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The Celtic or Gaelic way of pronoucing Celtic is the C like in Cat not like celery.

2007-11-14 09:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 0 1

Celts are native to Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, The Isle of Man, and Brittany (France). The term "celt" refers to the origin of the language, rather than a specific country.

2007-11-12 12:15:43 · answer #6 · answered by eringobraghless 5 · 1 0

Yea

2007-11-12 11:11:32 · answer #7 · answered by Kyle 3 · 1 0

yes, they are considered celtic

2007-11-12 11:12:12 · answer #8 · answered by Brooke 2 · 1 0

yes

2007-11-12 11:10:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Aye, indeed we are.

2007-11-12 11:11:05 · answer #10 · answered by Franklin 5 · 1 0

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