Re: LIGURIAN AND PICTISH

I understand that the so-called "Pictish" and "Ligurian" languages
are already classified as Celtic, mind what dialectal form it is,
but are you suggesting that the pre-Celtic peoples of Britain and
Ireland (before 600 BCE) didn't speak a pre-IE language? The Pictish
and Ligurian I was referring to were the pre-IE languages of Britain
and NW Italy (probably related to Basque), never mind what they
should be called. From what I've read (forgive me if I've been
misinformed), most of the customs of the Picts weren't anything
original Indo-European or "steppish", or even "Tyrrhenian". I'd
suggest that the "painted face" and "matrilineal" customs would be a
pre-IE hunter-gatherer substrate rather than a Celtic innovation. I
don't think steppe peoples would do so. But anyway, that's just what
I think...

Stay cool!!
Phil