Celtic Languages - Unit 10

C2 Proficiency · Listening Sentence Completion · Ready for C2 Proficiency Workbook, Macmillan

You will hear a linguist talking about Celtic languages. For questions 1–9, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

of Celtic languages is believed to have been the Alps.

According to the linguist, the

The Breton language of Brittany was brought there by

from northern European occupiers.

The Celtic languages lost ground in Britain after a

, which have relatively low numbers of inhabitants.

Irish Gaelic was restricted to the country's

in the Scottish Gaelic community are descendants of emigrants to Canada.

Some well-known

of local community leaders.

The Manx language has been revived thanks to the

remained.

By the end of the 20th century, virtually no

of Cornish speakers forced them to use their language in secret.

It is believed that the

, the speaker is optimistic about its future prospects.

Despite the Cornish language being

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