e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies Volume 6 The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula Article 17 3-16-2007 Celtiberian Carlos Jordán Cólera University of Zaragoza, Spain Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ekeltoi Recommended Citation Cólera, Carlos Jordán (2007) "Celtiberian," e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies: Vol. 6 , Article 17. Available at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ekeltoi/vol6/iss1/17 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. For more information, please contact open-
[email protected]. Celtiberian* Carlos Jordán Cólera, University of Zaragoza, Spain Abstract This work is a grammatical compendium of the Celtiberian language, incorporating the data available through 2003. The more relevant phonological and morphological phenomena are reviewed. These demonstrate that Celtiberian is an Indo-European and Celtic language. Abundant epigraphic material is also presented in support of the arguments presented here. Keywords Historical linguistics, grammar, Celtiberian, Celtic, Indo-European Definition Celtiberian is the name given to an Indo-European language of the Celtic branch. Native inscriptions written in this language have been found in an area of the Iberian Peninsula lying between the headwaters of the Duero, Tajo, Júcar and Turia rivers and the source of the Martín River to the west, south and east, and the middle course of the Ebro River in the north, with a frontier that runs parallel to the right bank of the Ebro, some ten kilometres from the river, and crosses to the left bank to include an area corresponding to a region adjacent to the border between present-day Navarre and Aragon.