ABCDÐEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVXZ

abcdðefghiklmnopqrstuvxz

Latin alphabet (monumental and cursive) in use in Roman Gaul 
G and K are sometimes used interchangeably. 
Ð, ð, ds and s may represent ts 
X, x is for [?] or /ks/ 
EV can be used interchangeably with OV 
Q is only used rarely (eg Sequanni, Equos) and may be an archaism. Ðand ð are used here to represent the letter Tau Gallicum, which has not yet been added to Unicode. 
In contrast to Ðthe central bar extends right across the glyph. 

Gaulish is the name given to the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul before the Vulgar Latin of the late Roman Empire became dominant in Roman Gaul. Gaulish changed PIE voiceless labiovelars kw to p (hence P-Celtic), a development also observed in Brythonic (as well as some Italic languages), while the other Celtic, 'Q-Celtic', retained the labiovelar. Gaulish is paraphyletically grouped with Celtiberian, Lepontic, and Galatian as Continental Celtic. The language is known from several hundred inscriptions on stone, on ceramic vessels and other artefacts, and on coins, and occasionally on metal (lead, and on one occasion zinc).

The earliest Continental Celtic inscriptions, dating to as early as the 6th century BC, are in Lepontic (sometimes considered a dialect of Gaulish), found in Gallia Cisalpina and were written in a form of the Old Italic alphabet.

 

Ordinal numerals from the La Graufesenque graffiti
1  cintux[so (Welsh cyntaf, Old Irish cétnae) 
2  allos (Welsh ail, OIr aile = other) 
3  tritios (Welsh trydydd, OIr treide) 
4  pentuar[ios (Welsh pedwerydd, OIr cethramad) 
5  pinpetos (Ml Welsh pymhet (now pumed), OIr cóiced) 
6  suexos (maybe mistaken for suextos, Welsh chweched, OIr seissed) 
7  sextametos (Welsh seithfed, OIr sechtmad) 
8  oxtumeto[s (Welsh wythfed, OIr ochtmad) 
9  namet[os (Welsh nawfed, OIr nómad) 
10  decametos, decometos (Welsh degfed, OIr dechmad, Celtiberian dekametam) 

 

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