Gaulish is the name given to the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Vulgar Latin of the late Roman Empire became dominant in Roman Gaul. The language is known from several hundred inscriptions on stone, on ceramic vessels and other artefacts, and on coins, and occasionally on metal (lead, and on one occasion zinc). They are found in the entire area of Roman Gaul, i.e., mostly in the area of modern France, as well as parts of Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Belgium (Meid 1994).

Gaulish is paraphyletically grouped with Celtiberian, Lepontic, and Galatian as Continental Celtic.

History

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The earliest Continental Celtic inscriptions, dating to as early as the 6th century BC, are in Lepontic (sometimes considered a dialect of Gaulish), found in Gallia Cisalpina and were written in a form of the Old Italic alphabet. Inscriptions in the Greek alphabet from the 3rd century BC have been found in the area near the mouths of the Rhône, while later inscriptions dating to Roman Gaul are mostly in the Latin alphabet.

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@NiuB Thanks William - I am always leaving next year - but as that one Gaulish village chief would say tomorrow never comes - so no idea....
durbanbay (Paul Sharpe) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:40:34 -0000
@NiuB Thanks William - I am always leaving next year - but as that one Gaulish village chief would say tomorrow never comes - so no idea....
I could tell you about Julius Caesar, the Gaulish Campaign, the snow with honey and almonds being the 1st recorded frozen pud.
penbleth (Penbleth) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:52:08 -0000
I could tell you about Julius Caesar, the Gaulish Campaign, the snow with honey and almonds being the 1st recorded frozen pud.
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