Gallaeci

Gallaeci

The Gallaeci or Callaeci were a Celtic people who inhabited Gallaecia, the north-western corner of Iberia, a region roughly corresponding to what is now Galicia (Spain), northern Portugal and Western Asturias, before and into the Roman period. They spoke a Q-Celtic language related to Celtiberian, usually called Gallaic or Northwestern Hispano-Celtic, which also shows other linguistic influences, mainly Lusitanian.

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