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But you can still point out who the original English were or at least trace almost 100% of English speakers today as originating from 1600s England's conquest of the world.

The debate about 'The Celts' is that we can't point out where the original language emerged, and the potential range of where it emerged is quite huge stretching from Ireland through central Europe with some claiming it emerged in Turkey even.



I'm not sure how that's related to what I am saying, or what I was replying to.

The point being made is how celts are peoples that are grouped by language, but have a disparate set of histories.

And I am recognising that a contemporary analogy is how English speakers around the world also share a language, but have disparate histories.

Your problem of where the Celts originated from is separate.




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