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Gaulish is an extinct Celtic language, formerly spoken in Europe. The language is directly attested in several inscriptions in the Latin, Greek and Old Italic alphabets. This page has the aim of informing Wiktionary editors about how Gaulish words are formatted.
Unification
Gaulish was unified under the Gaulish header, rather than separated into Transalpine Gaulish and Cisalpine Gaulish, after a discussion. The Wiktionary language code is {{cel-gau}}
, with cel standing for Celtic, and gau standing for Gaulish. In etymologies, {{bor|(code)|xtg}}
and {{bor|(code)|xcg}}
can be used for terms that are derived specifically from one variety or the other.
See also
Lemmatization
Spelling of /w/
The Gaulish glide /w/ is generally rendered with the letter u in transcriptions of Latin-alphabet Gaulish texts. Demonstrations of this rendering include:
- uediiumi (“I pray”): Rendered with U by Koch, EDPC (gʷed-yo- entry), Delamarre, Bisagni, De Bernardo Stempel, Jordan Colera, and countless others
- uimpi (“beautiful”): Rendered with U by Stifter, Whatmough, Rovers (page 24), Lambert Matasović (in EDPC's *wimpo- entry), Delamarre (many times in his DLG), and many others
From this, it seems to be standard to lemmatize /w/ with the letter U.
Spelling of /k/
Gaulish always used the letter C to write the consonant /k/ when they wrote in the Latin script.