Galician is close to Portugese, thus a romance language. Was there ever an original Celtic tongue?
I initially had a hard time understanding this question, but now I think it has to do with the notion that Galicia is oftentimes included as a member of the Celtic nations.However, while it is true that the northern part of Iberia, which includes Galicia, remained Celtic for a longer period of time than Central and Southern Iberia, it’s important to remember that we are talking about ancient times. The Celtic languages of the Iberian peninsula have been gone for a very, very long time, ever since long before the decline of the Celtic languages of Britain and Ireland.Gallaecia was the region in ancient times that corresponds to what would eventually become the Kingdom of Galicia (modern day Galicia and Northern Portugal). This is where Galician-Portuguese, the earlier form of both Galician and Portuguese, formed and developed during the Middle Ages. In ancient times, this region was inhabited by peoples of Celtic origin, but we honestly don’t know much about them and their language, Gallaecian. The Roman Empire conquered the region around the year 19 B.C. and while romanisation was a gradual process, I do think it’s safe to assume that by the third century A.D. the vast majority of the population in Gallaecia was speaking Latin.Roman Gallaecia in the year 293 AD. Notice how it was much larger than the current province of Galicia, as it included Northern Portugal and parts of other modern Spanish provinces, like Asturias, León, and Zamora.In short, a Celtic language was spoken in what is now Galicia (and, in fact, Celtic languages were very common in Ancient Iberia), but that was a long, long time ago.
Where did the Celts come from? Were they from Iberia?
This is what Wikipedia says about that:“The Celts (/ˈkɛlts/ or /ˈsɛlts/, see pronunciation of Celt for different usages) were an Indo-European people in Iron Age and Medieval Europe who spoke Celtic languages and had cultural similarities,[1] although the relationship between ethnic, linguistic and cultural factors in the Celtic world remains uncertain and controversial.[2]The exact geographic spread of the ancient Celts is also disputed; in particular, the ways in which the Iron Age inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland should be regarded as Celts has become a subject of controversy.The history of pre-Celtic Europe remains very uncertain. According to one theory, the common root of the Celtic languages, the Proto-Celtic language, arose in the Late Bronze Age Urnfield culture of Central Europe, which flourished from around 1200 BC.In addition, according to a theory proposed in the 19th century, the first people to adopt cultural characteristics regarded as Celtic were the people of the Iron Age Hallstatt culturein central Europe (c. 800–450 BC), named for the rich grave finds in Hallstatt, Austria.Thus this area is sometimes called the 'Celtic homeland'. By or during the later La Tène period (c. 450 BC up to the Roman conquest), this Celtic culture was supposed to have expanded by trans-cultural diffusion or migration to the British Isles (Insular Celts), France and the Low Countries (Gauls), Bohemia, Poland and much of Central Europe, the Iberian Peninsula (Celtiberians, Celtici, Lusitanians and Gallaeci) and northern Italy (Golasecca culture and Cisalpine Gauls) and, following the Celtic settlement of Eastern Europe beginning in 279 BC, as far east as central Anatolia (Galatians) in modern-day Turkey.
Does Tartessian qualify as a Celtic or a Celt-Iberian language, or is it more Phoenician?
Hard to tell and it isn’t a consensual issue.What one needs to take into consideration:Tartesian is classified as a South-West Language of Lusitania (most correctly today’s Portugal, since in ancient times the area of Alentejo and Algarve didn’t belong to Lusitania), which touches the the State of Conia (mostly non-celtic) and the State of Celticia (Celtic) and Tartessos (hardly to define).The State of Conia and their inhabitants are quite elusive, it is probable that they were originally Celtic or Proto-Celtic (Herodotus and Strabo[1], referred them as Celts), other fonts relate them to Biblical origins [2], however, that lacks anthropological and religious (Coni were polytheist) support.Conia was invaded and colonized by Carthaginians and highly probable Greeks - as remnants of the Greek culture one may consider the typical Portuguese white and blue houses of Southern Portugal and the bull fight.Tartessos, mythical and factual city (located at Andalusia), was the host country of Tartesian Language and had as its origins in the First Millennia BC. and was later destroyed by a flood (probably around 5th Century BC).Tartesian People may shared the same background as Iberians (or Celtiberians) but may evolved differently due their commercial ties with Phoenicians and Greeks, being possible to find references about that in the Old Testament (Christian Bible, Book of Kings I 10–22).So it is possible to imagine that Tartesian people maintained the Celtic Base but with severe contamination of Phoenician and Greek thinking. May improved their language and scripture in order to correspond to their trading interests - Tartessos wealth may relied mostly on the commerce of Iron, Silver and Gold of Celtic neighbors with the East traders. With the years, they may gained a singular Identity much like the various American Countries did after separating gradually from their colonizers.Therefore Tartesian Language may reflect that - the evolution of a people who get in touch with different cultures.About the Milesians, that refers to other issue that I will not mention here - one may look after the Gallaecian (or Galician) History and Mythology.References[1]http://www.patrimoniocultural.go... [pp. 335–338][2] Cronografo, 354 d.C. Líber generationis mundi I;82-83 d) THA-IIB; p.877
What specifically did America inherit from Britain in terms of our political system, law, and language?
You picked up their language quite well. Very eloquent writing. Never equated elves with G.B., though. Never knew elves were real.
If your roman you come from italy right ?
Yes if you come from Rome you are Roman Roman Dna can still be found today but there is not much Roman Dna in Britain because Britain wasn't very Romanized Spain and France were very Romanized the Romans in those countries breded with the locals a lot but only very few Romans were Italian the Roman army was made of Gauls Iberians Germans Greeks North Africans Egyptians Nubians and Numidians.