Gallaecian language

This article is about an extinct language spoken in ancient northwestern Iberia. For the current Romance language, see Galician language. For the extinct Celtic language of ancient central Anatolia, see Galatian language.
Callaecian
Native toIberian Peninsula
EthnicityCallaeci
EraAttested beginning of the first millennium CE
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone

Callaecian is the name given to the pre-Roman language, or languages, spoken by the ancient Callaeci in northwestern Iberia. The region became the Roman province of Callaecia, which is now divided between the Spanish regions of Galicia, the western parts of Asturias, León and Zamora, and the Norte Region of Portugal. The linguistic situation of pre-Roman Callaecia is complex, as it combines linguistic materials that resemble Celtic features and others that do not, probably related to Lusitanian.

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