[tied] Re: Mallory's New PIE Homeland?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Michael J Smith <lookwhoscross-
eyednow@...> wrote:

> Torsten, you wrote:
>
> > I thought it was established that p-Celtic arrived late? If q-

Celtic

> >
> > arrived early, and p-Celtic late, why are they then so closely
> > related?
>
> Torsten, I don't know of any evidence of Q-Celtic being spoken in
> Britain (although of course in Ireland).

Scotch Gaelic.

>Couldn't P-Celtic speakers been
> the first Celtic speakers in Britain (although there's know way to

know)?

How would Q-celtic speakers end up in the far end then?

> It cannot be established that P-Celtic arrived late, because you

can't

> equate a language with material remains.

Some would disagree.

>Of course P-Celts could have
> arrived very early.

Evidence?

>
> -Michael
>

Torsten