The Last Celtic Voice in Anatolia: What a Sixth-Century Monk Tells Us About the Ancient Galatian Language
Languages disappear twice. First, people stop speaking them. Later, the archive makes the disappearance look cleaner than it ever was. A language used in homes, markets, jokes, arguments, and work can leave almost no literature if another language controls government, schooling, religion, and durable writing. Ancient Galatian is a brutal example. Celtic-speaking migrants reached central Anatolia…
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