Together with them, I will conduct the first season of my Ancient Celtic Working Group at DIAS, starting in October and focusing on Cisalpine Celtic (Lepontic & Cisalpine Gaulish). The group will meet weekly in hybrid form. Anybody interested in participating is invited to contact me about it.
September 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Together with them, I will conduct the first season of my Ancient Celtic Working Group at DIAS, starting in October and focusing on Cisalpine Celtic (Lepontic & Cisalpine Gaulish). The group will meet weekly in hybrid form. Anybody interested in participating is invited to contact me about it.
... including the Lepontic alphabet, the Greek and Latin ones used for Gaulish, and even – maybe – the Celtiberian and Ogam scripts. I will start weekly posts about this topic and interesting inscriptions in the coming weeks – for now, have this depiction of the pertinently be-anlautet deity Ðirona!
September 3, 2026 at 11:42 AM
... including the Lepontic alphabet, the Greek and Latin ones used for Gaulish, and even – maybe – the Celtiberian and Ogam scripts. I will start weekly posts about this topic and interesting inscriptions in the coming weeks – for now, have this depiction of the pertinently be-anlautet deity Ðirona!
Venerable Bate, I won't be able to make the zoom but look forward to the video. I expect it to be a great chat. If you've got any info about cis-Alpine Celtic alphabets (Lepontic et al.) that weren't appropriate for the book I'd love it if you have a chance to bring them up tomorrow.
June 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Venerable Bate, I won't be able to make the zoom but look forward to the video. I expect it to be a great chat. If you've got any info about cis-Alpine Celtic alphabets (Lepontic et al.) that weren't appropriate for the book I'd love it if you have a chance to bring them up tomorrow.
Irish
Welsh
Breton
Gaulish
Celtiberian
Lepontic
Welsh
Breton
Gaulish
Celtiberian
Lepontic
what are the Six Genders? wrong answers only
May 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Irish
Welsh
Breton
Gaulish
Celtiberian
Lepontic
Welsh
Breton
Gaulish
Celtiberian
Lepontic
Kuitos Palam: An Inscription from the Lepontic Alps
By Tera Mangala
From the album Celtic Fusion
Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/72Hkmdg4TICm1BkhgbbLJi
By Tera Mangala
From the album Celtic Fusion
Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/72Hkmdg4TICm1BkhgbbLJi
Kuitos Palam: An Inscription from the Lepontic Alps
Tera Mangala · Celtic Fusion · Song · 2026
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March 13, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Kuitos Palam: An Inscription from the Lepontic Alps
By Tera Mangala
From the album Celtic Fusion
Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/72Hkmdg4TICm1BkhgbbLJi
By Tera Mangala
From the album Celtic Fusion
Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/72Hkmdg4TICm1BkhgbbLJi
im about to go nuclear celtic mode
March 3, 2026 at 3:43 AM
im about to go nuclear celtic mode
An example of #Lepontic writing:
#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.
For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
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#matuww
#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.
For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
January 4, 2026 at 11:46 AM
An example of #Lepontic writing:
#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.
For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Stela of #Davesco. 5-4 c. BCE. Davesco, #Ticino, #Switzerland.
For more information: tinyurl.com/bdzcw5ue
#writingscripts
#language
#history
#archaeology
#epigraphy
🏺
#matuww
#Lepontic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Southern #Alps, modern day #Switzerland and #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
#Lepontic is an #Etruscan derived #alphabet used in the Southern #Alps, modern day #Switzerland and #Italy, in 6-1 c. BCE.
This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
This was used to write the #extinct Lepontic #language, which is continental #Celtic.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mu3cz7va
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww
Corinna has been collaborating with me on the Cisalpine Celtic languages (Lepontic and Cisalpine Gaulish) since my time in Vienna. She is the main person to keep the online resource Lexicon Leponticum (lexlep.univie.ac.at/wiki/), created by me in 2010, alive and online.
In 2023, she received a…
👩💻
In 2023, she received a…
👩💻
December 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Corinna has been collaborating with me on the Cisalpine Celtic languages (Lepontic and Cisalpine Gaulish) since my time in Vienna. She is the main person to keep the online resource Lexicon Leponticum (lexlep.univie.ac.at/wiki/), created by me in 2010, alive and online.
In 2023, she received a…
👩💻
In 2023, she received a…
👩💻
...my own two about Cisalpine Celtic (= Lepontic and Cisalpine Gaulish) and Ogam, plus Francisco Beltrán Lloris' and Carlos Jordán Cólera's Celtiberian (2017) and Alex Mullen's and Coline Ruiz Darasse's Gaulish (2018).
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
...my own two about Cisalpine Celtic (= Lepontic and Cisalpine Gaulish) and Ogam, plus Francisco Beltrán Lloris' and Carlos Jordán Cólera's Celtiberian (2017) and Alex Mullen's and Coline Ruiz Darasse's Gaulish (2018).
PS: There are books about all four Ancient Celtic languages (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian, Ogam Irish) in the AELAW series. You can get all four of them from universitybooks.ie (even though they don't list them on their website - they have them, just send them an email).
Those four books are...
Those four books are...
December 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
PS: There are books about all four Ancient Celtic languages (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian, Ogam Irish) in the AELAW series. You can get all four of them from universitybooks.ie (even though they don't list them on their website - they have them, just send them an email).
Those four books are...
Those four books are...
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Ancient Celtic languages
The Maynooth Department of Early Irish is not only known for its academic expertise in the cultural heritage of medieval Ireland. My other huge interest for more than 30 years has been the ancient Celtic languages of the Continent (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian).
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Ancient Celtic languages
The Maynooth Department of Early Irish is not only known for its academic expertise in the cultural heritage of medieval Ireland. My other huge interest for more than 30 years has been the ancient Celtic languages of the Continent (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian).
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December 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Ancient Celtic languages
The Maynooth Department of Early Irish is not only known for its academic expertise in the cultural heritage of medieval Ireland. My other huge interest for more than 30 years has been the ancient Celtic languages of the Continent (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian).
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Ancient Celtic languages
The Maynooth Department of Early Irish is not only known for its academic expertise in the cultural heritage of medieval Ireland. My other huge interest for more than 30 years has been the ancient Celtic languages of the Continent (Lepontic, Gaulish, Celtiberian).
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...somewhat ambiguous, but it could represent a Primitive Irish name *Dīssos or *Dīssii̯os < PC *dīsto- "holy, festive, divine (or something like this)".
The same name could also be reflected in the spelling TISIUI in the dative case on the Lepontic inscription from Davesco (TI·36).
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The same name could also be reflected in the spelling TISIUI in the dative case on the Lepontic inscription from Davesco (TI·36).
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October 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
...somewhat ambiguous, but it could represent a Primitive Irish name *Dīssos or *Dīssii̯os < PC *dīsto- "holy, festive, divine (or something like this)".
The same name could also be reflected in the spelling TISIUI in the dative case on the Lepontic inscription from Davesco (TI·36).
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The same name could also be reflected in the spelling TISIUI in the dative case on the Lepontic inscription from Davesco (TI·36).
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This volume is not only edited by me, but also contains a fundamental study of the use of the letter ᛞ "san" in the Cisalpine Celtic writing tradition.
You can also read it here: www.academia.edu/127370714/Mo...
You can also read it here: www.academia.edu/127370714/Mo...
More on san in Cisalpine Celtic
In this article, I first revisit my arguments from 2010 that the letter san 𐌑 in Cisalpine Celtic inscriptions in the Lepontic script represents not only the sound *tˢ (tau Gallicum), but also occurs ...
www.academia.edu
August 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This volume is not only edited by me, but also contains a fundamental study of the use of the letter ᛞ "san" in the Cisalpine Celtic writing tradition.
You can also read it here: www.academia.edu/127370714/Mo...
You can also read it here: www.academia.edu/127370714/Mo...
## Continental Celtic
1. Gaulish: Spoken in what is now France, Belgium, and parts of Switzerland.
2. Celtiberian: Spoken in the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal).
3. Lepontic: spoken in Switzerland
4. Galatian: Spoken in what is now Turkey. #Europe p-Q #Celtics #languagebranchs
1. Gaulish: Spoken in what is now France, Belgium, and parts of Switzerland.
2. Celtiberian: Spoken in the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal).
3. Lepontic: spoken in Switzerland
4. Galatian: Spoken in what is now Turkey. #Europe p-Q #Celtics #languagebranchs
August 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
## Continental Celtic
1. Gaulish: Spoken in what is now France, Belgium, and parts of Switzerland.
2. Celtiberian: Spoken in the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal).
3. Lepontic: spoken in Switzerland
4. Galatian: Spoken in what is now Turkey. #Europe p-Q #Celtics #languagebranchs
1. Gaulish: Spoken in what is now France, Belgium, and parts of Switzerland.
2. Celtiberian: Spoken in the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal).
3. Lepontic: spoken in Switzerland
4. Galatian: Spoken in what is now Turkey. #Europe p-Q #Celtics #languagebranchs
A special class today in my Ancient Celtic course at the Leiden Summer School. Instead of a lecturing hall, we were welcomed in the sacred halls of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Antiquities Museum @rmoudheden.bsky.social) where the students were allowed to view the Lepontic inscription TI·6.
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July 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A special class today in my Ancient Celtic course at the Leiden Summer School. Instead of a lecturing hall, we were welcomed in the sacred halls of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Antiquities Museum @rmoudheden.bsky.social) where the students were allowed to view the Lepontic inscription TI·6.
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These are substances. How do you integrate them into, also including Gaulish, Lepontic and Celtiberian?
July 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
These are substances. How do you integrate them into, also including Gaulish, Lepontic and Celtiberian?
Translating the Lepontic 𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌖𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌔 <Ritukalos> as "Try-Hard" 😁
July 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Translating the Lepontic 𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌖𐌊𐌀𐌋𐌏𐌔 <Ritukalos> as "Try-Hard" 😁
Nothing that I work with is ever going to meet a Lepontic insription in its life, but it's been fun to learn about some of the ancient Celtic languages this week anyway.
July 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Nothing that I work with is ever going to meet a Lepontic insription in its life, but it's been fun to learn about some of the ancient Celtic languages this week anyway.
Less than a week to go: the @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie Celtic Studies Summer School (www.dias.ie/2024/11/12/c...).
In Week 1 (14-20 July) I will be teaching an introductory course about the Ancient Celtic languages: Lepontic, Celtiberian, Gaulish, and Ogam Irish.
In Week 1 (14-20 July) I will be teaching an introductory course about the Ancient Celtic languages: Lepontic, Celtiberian, Gaulish, and Ogam Irish.
July 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Less than a week to go: the @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie Celtic Studies Summer School (www.dias.ie/2024/11/12/c...).
In Week 1 (14-20 July) I will be teaching an introductory course about the Ancient Celtic languages: Lepontic, Celtiberian, Gaulish, and Ogam Irish.
In Week 1 (14-20 July) I will be teaching an introductory course about the Ancient Celtic languages: Lepontic, Celtiberian, Gaulish, and Ogam Irish.
🏺 The name ⟨rupelos⟩ or ⟨runelos⟩ is inscribed in the Lepontic alphabet on the shoulder of a pot from the Giubiasco necropolis (CH), dated to the late 2nd or 1st c. BC. The third letter features a short vertical scratch which may not be intentional, so that it could be pi or nu. In either case, ...
July 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🏺 The name ⟨rupelos⟩ or ⟨runelos⟩ is inscribed in the Lepontic alphabet on the shoulder of a pot from the Giubiasco necropolis (CH), dated to the late 2nd or 1st c. BC. The third letter features a short vertical scratch which may not be intentional, so that it could be pi or nu. In either case, ...
Really enjoyed the presentation, thank you for all your work.
Was curious if you had any information about researchers exploring Gaulish, Lepontic, or other Alpine Celtic languages as possible candidates for Voynitchese, given the text was likely created in northern Italy.
Thanks again! =)
Was curious if you had any information about researchers exploring Gaulish, Lepontic, or other Alpine Celtic languages as possible candidates for Voynitchese, given the text was likely created in northern Italy.
Thanks again! =)
June 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Really enjoyed the presentation, thank you for all your work.
Was curious if you had any information about researchers exploring Gaulish, Lepontic, or other Alpine Celtic languages as possible candidates for Voynitchese, given the text was likely created in northern Italy.
Thanks again! =)
Was curious if you had any information about researchers exploring Gaulish, Lepontic, or other Alpine Celtic languages as possible candidates for Voynitchese, given the text was likely created in northern Italy.
Thanks again! =)
In the Lepontic alphabet, this works orthographically, and linguistically ⟨iatuini⟩ is a plausible Celtic form. The reason why I call it only "potentially" the oldest inscription is that the marks are very faint, so that some leaps of faith are necessary to reach this reading in the first place.
May 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In the Lepontic alphabet, this works orthographically, and linguistically ⟨iatuini⟩ is a plausible Celtic form. The reason why I call it only "potentially" the oldest inscription is that the marks are very faint, so that some leaps of faith are necessary to reach this reading in the first place.
🏺 The short sequence ⟨uini⟩ is inscribed in the Lepontic alphabet on the bottom of a black-glazed patera from a necropolis in Arsago Seprio (Varese), dated to the late 2nd/1st c. BC. The writing direction is sinistroverse, but the large angle of N could be due to influence from the Latin alphabet.
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🏺 The short sequence ⟨uini⟩ is inscribed in the Lepontic alphabet on the bottom of a black-glazed patera from a necropolis in Arsago Seprio (Varese), dated to the late 2nd/1st c. BC. The writing direction is sinistroverse, but the large angle of N could be due to influence from the Latin alphabet.
Peter Schrijver will give the Zenobia Lecture at the @rmoudheden.bsky.social on May 22! He will discuss cultural fusion among the Lepontic and Celtiberian peoples
www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/ac...
www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/ac...
Zenobia-lezing | De Kelten - Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Peter Schrijver, hoogleraar Keltisch aan de Universiteit Utrecht vertelt over Kelten, hun talen en de vroege culturen van het Middellandse Zeegebied.
www.rmo.nl
May 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Peter Schrijver will give the Zenobia Lecture at the @rmoudheden.bsky.social on May 22! He will discuss cultural fusion among the Lepontic and Celtiberian peoples
www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/ac...
www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/ac...