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Why Is the Term 'Celt' Primarily Linguistic Today?
đź’ˇ The Answer
- Current scholarship defines Celt mainly by language, not ethnicity.
- This shift reflects debate over ethnic and cultural uniformity.
- Iron Age Britons and Irish are controversially called Celts.
- The term now focuses on Celtic language speakers.
- This avoids assumptions about a single ethnic group.
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