Galatian language

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{{Infobox Language 

 |name=Galatian
 |familycolor=Indo-European
 |region=Galatia
 |fam1=Indo-European
 |fam2=Celtic
 |fam3=Continental Celtic
 |extinct=4th century AD
 |map=Image:Galatia Map.png
 |notice=nonotice

}}

Galatian is an extinct Celtic language once spoken in Galatia in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) from the 3rd century BC up to the 4th century AD.

Of the language only a few glosses and brief comments in classical writers and scattered names on inscriptions survive. Altogether they add up to about 120 words, mostly personal names ending in -riks (cf. Gaulish -rix/-reix, Old Irish ri, Latin rex) "king", some ending in -marus, dative -mari (cf. Gaulish -maros, Old Irish mor, Welsh language mawr) "great", and tribal names like Ambitouti (Old Irish imm- "around", Old Irish tuath "tribe"), and a lexical item drunaimeton "place of assembly" (cf. Old Irish drui "druid", Old Irish neimed "holy place"). Galatian is a Continental Celtic language contemporary to, and possibly a dialect of, the Gaulish language.

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de:Galatische Sprache es:Idioma gálata fr:Galate gl:Lingua gálata it:Galato nl:Galatisch pt:Língua gálata sl:Galatščina zh:加拉提亞語

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