r/CelticUnion • u/blueroses200 • Jun 18 '25

Have there been any advances on the classification of the Ancient Ligurian language?

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u/DavideZena Mar 20 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

Yes. According to the most recent research Ancient Ligurian was part of the Celtic family, as argued for ex. by F.M. Gambari, whom I would would say to have been the leading expert on Ancient Ligurians. Some of his contributions to Ligurian studies are listed here: https://www.catalogobibliotecheliguri.it/opaclib/opaclib?db=solr_cbl&resultForward=opac/cbl/brief.jsp&from=1&searchForm=opac/cbl/error.jsp&do_cmd=search_show_cmd&item:1003:Nomi::@frase@=%20Gamb%C3%A0ri,%20Filippo%20Maria

An article by F. Rubat Borel on the Celtic nature of Ancient Ligurian can be found here: https://www.academia.edu/101343847/RUBAT_BOREL_La_componente_celtica_nellonomastica_epicoria_dallepigrafia_latina_della_Regio_IX_Liguria_in_GIORCELLI_BERSANI_VENTURINO_a_cura_di_I_Liguri_e_Roma_Un_popolo_tra_archeologia_e_storia_

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u/blueroses200 Mar 26 '26

Thank you so much for the articles, I will check it. Are there are studies that relate it to Lusitanian? I have heard of some theories, but not sure if those are online hoaxes

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u/DavideZena Apr 01 '26

When Ancient Ligurian was considered Para-Celtic, but not properly Celtic, that was a taxonomic position usually also attributed to Lusitanian. I do not know the recent advancements of Lusitanian studies, so I cannot say more about the position of that language within the Italo-Celtic clade.

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u/blueroses200 Apr 01 '26

If you find out anything please let me know. Thank you!