Hi Lynn: For the second site, I get a 404 for UT Austin. Maybe you could relink that.
That is an interesting map of the languages. One thing I did notice that was missing (or I couldn't find on it), was Basque. I did some research for an LnC story (Exploring the West with Lois and Clark) and found that Basque is most closely related to Celtic (which version they didn't specify). In the US the learning center for the Basque language is at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Basque is of interest because thousands immigrated from northern Spain during the 1800's to the US to herd sheep and there are several noted enclaves of Basque speaking people in Bakersfield, Ca, and Carson City, NV. Reportedly it had changed little from ancient times (pre-Indo-European) and has been used as an argument for more widespread world exploration of the Celtic people.
Artemis
