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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
The intent of Pictish is to have a non-Celtic language being in a sprachbund with the Celtic languages without being too obviously Celtic in aesthetics. The main inspiration was Jörg Rhiemeier's article in the League of Lost Languages on | The intent of Pictish is to have a non-Celtic language being in a sprachbund with the Celtic languages without being too obviously Celtic in aesthetics. The main inspiration was Jörg Rhiemeier's article on the British Isles Linguistic Area in the League of Lost Languages section on Frathwiki. The main part of the phonology was influenced by Valarin Quenya and Láadan. Irish and Breton influenced Pictish initial consonant mutation. | ||
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, descended from a language spoken alongside historical Brythonic Pictish by the Thurse group known in Classical sources as the Picti, before they were largely 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, descended from a language spoken alongside historical Brythonic Pictish by the Thurse group known in Classical sources as the Picti, before they were largely driven from Caledonia by the invading Scots. | ||