Udtale

hej steen

jeg ved ikke om du kan bruge denne side hvor der er en højtaler du kan klikke på og høre udtalen:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/celtic?q=Celtic

Min ordbog siger, begge udtaler er korrekte.

kel-tik or sel-tik

Hos Wikipedia er der skrevet om udtalen også, og den forklarer det: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Celts#Pronunciation

The initial consonant of the English words Celt and Celtic is realised primarily as /k/ and occasionally /s/ in both modern UK standard English and American English^{[19][20][21][22]}, although /s/ was formerly the norm.^[23] In the oldest attested Greek form, and originally also in Latin, it was pronounced /k/, but a regular process of palatalization around the first century AD changed /k/ → /s/ in later Latin whenever it appears beside a front vowel like /e/. The pronunciation with /k/ was taken into German, /s/ into French, and both at different times were taken into English.

The English word originates in the 17th century, and until the mid 19th century, the sole pronunciation in English was /s/ in keeping with the way the letter ⟨c⟩ was inherited by Middle English from Old French. From the mid-19th century, academic publications advocated the variant with /k/ on the basis of a new understanding of the origins of the word. The pronunciation with /s/ remained standard throughout the 19th to early 20th century, but /k/ gained ground during the later 20th century.^[24] A notable exception is that the /s/ pronunciation remains the most recognised form when it occurs in the names of sports teams, most notably Celtic Football Club in Scotland, and the Boston Celtics basketball team in the United States. The Cavan newspaper The Anglo-Celt also uses the /s/.

Jeg tror, keltik er den foretrukne, hvis det ikke gælder sport.

I løbet af det 19.årh.blev det moderne og regnet for sproghistorisk mere korrekt at udtale et latinsk "c" som [k], og denne tendens fortsatte senere.

I romanen "Good-by, Mr Chips" fra 1933 taler latinlæreren Chipping (Chips) om at man skal udtale Cicero som [kikero^u].

Ellers har normen været at man udtalte "c" som [s] foran fortungevokaler og som [k] foran bagtungevokaler.

Mange  tak for svaret :-).

Venlig hilsen Steen