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The term Celt, normally pronounced // (see article on pronunciation), refers to a member of any of a number of peoples in Europe using the Celtic languages, which form a branch of the Indo-European languages. Although today restricted to the Atlantic coast of western Europe, the so-called "Celtic fringe", Celtic languages were once predominant over a much wider area, from Ireland and Portugal in the west to northern Italy and the the Czech Republic in the east. Archaeological and historical sources show that at their maximum extent in the early centuries BC, the Celts were also present in areas of eastern Europe and Asia Minor.