Pictish: Difference between revisions
From FrathWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
WeepingElf (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Stub}} | |||
'''Pictish''' is the term used for the language that was spoken in what is now northern Scotland before the Scots immigrated in the 5th century. There is a small number of unintelligible Ogham inscriptions from the area; otherwise, the language is known only from geographical and personal names. | '''Pictish''' is the term used for the language that was spoken in what is now northern Scotland before the Scots immigrated in the 5th century. There is a small number of unintelligible Ogham inscriptions from the area; otherwise, the language is known only from geographical and personal names. | ||
It has long been held that the language was non-Indo-European, but today, most scholars assume that it was Celtic. | It has long been held that the language was non-Indo-European, but today, most scholars assume that it was Celtic. | ||
{{Natlangs}} | |||
Latest revision as of 09:08, 6 November 2012
This article is a stub. If you can contribute to its content, feel free to do so.
Pictish is the term used for the language that was spoken in what is now northern Scotland before the Scots immigrated in the 5th century. There is a small number of unintelligible Ogham inscriptions from the area; otherwise, the language is known only from geographical and personal names.
It has long been held that the language was non-Indo-European, but today, most scholars assume that it was Celtic.
| This article is one of quite a few pages about Natlangs. Indo-european natlangs:
Uralic Natlangs: Finnish * Khanty * Mansi * Mordvinic * Proto-Uralic
Isolate Natlangs: Basque * * |
