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Pictish is not the historical Pictish which is currently thought to be a Brythonic language allied to Welsh, Cornish and Breton. This is an ahistorical, fictional Pictish which was spoken alongside historical Brythonic Pictish by the Thurse group known in English as the Picts before they were driven from Caledonia by the invading Scots. | Pictish is not the historical Pictish which is currently thought to be a Brythonic language allied to Welsh, Cornish and Breton. This is an ahistorical, fictional Pictish which was spoken alongside historical Brythonic Pictish by the Thurse group known in English as the Picts before they were driven from Caledonia by the invading Scots. | ||
Thurse is the usual term in English for any of the various ethnic groups possessing the European Pygmy phenotype. This phenotype is believed to have originated in the Hercynian forest zone of Central Europe before spreading all over the continent. Their most striking features are short stature | Thurse is the usual term in English for any of the various ethnic groups possessing the European Pygmy phenotype. This phenotype is believed to have originated in the Hercynian forest zone of Central Europe before spreading all over the continent. Their most striking features are short stature and pointed ears. Uniquely, the Picts have striped skins hence their exonym. They speak a variety of languages, some of which are shared with other Europeans, some of which, such as Pictish, are not. Pictish is a language isolate spoken by some 33 million Picts in Pictland, the second largest of the British Isles. | ||
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