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#LEPONTIC, the (almost) forgotten, written language of the #Celts
Long before the #Roman #Empire and #Caesar's conquest of #Gaul, #Celtic tribes living on the southern edge of the Alps, through contact with the #Etruscans, adopted the #Alphabet and adapted it to their own language, giving rise to the ‘#Lugano’ alphabet – also known as the ‘Lepontic’ alphabet.
➡️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepontic…
➡️ blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2018…
#Archaeology #Linguistics #Runes #Pagan #Druid #Druidry
The oldest writing in Switzerland
Writing first appeared on the territory of modern-day Switzerland 2,500 years ago, south of the Alps. Some of Europe’s oldest evidence of writing in a Celtic language has been found in Ticino and the Val Mesolcina.Swiss National Museum - Swiss history blog