Re: Identity of the 'language of geminates'

> So, what's your spin on the language of Ptuj et al.?
> Noricum was next to Celtic speaking areas, in the midst, if you wish.
> There are Celtic topos in Austria.

There is a large amount of Celtic onomastic material from Noricum. In
Patrick Sims-Williams recent analyses of Celtic personal names found in
Latin inscriptions from the Roman period, there was a very high density
of Celtic names in Noricum - I think perhaps (going from memory here)
higher than in Roman Gaul.

- Chris Gwinn