Jackson's theory of a second non-Indo-European Pictish language
"The so-called Pictish inscriptions constitute a problem so thorny that many writers who have discussed the Pictish question, however, confident they may have been, have carefully avoided attempting to deal with them. Perhaps this was discreet, but it is obviously the duty of anyone investigating the Pictish question not to play safe by ignoring entirely a very material piece of evidence [Jackson 1955:38]"
Eid icritradud camalog dy cag idscriptodys nyr ayd ny ogham pun-scdaeuyn je Cyfnytsasy. Tirtydaynn ele er yayrn, eid nyr er oaie dagad ele donyrindud ag loai. Ad afyr nyr ayd twri je er y ceaid cylea ny cyeyea us AD le ny dunt. Leg camalog idfdail fynynmaid eid fynyonduy dy ny idscriafd cas, e cyennleymeug yae dyda fyny-eckys, eid cruinn fynyonduy dy ny fynywday garinnit, fynymrintys er ny crea dy ny pun-scdaeuyn, imragyn fynyair eid dae dy ny dukys, roed dalongys, yae eid dait fwdy:
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Ee ed elkemae cyud ny ayrn aiiag ayd 'Pictys' yae 'Ired-leakyff' er ny nwe dy crea dy pun-scdaeuyn ed neucyfyrag, yae cyud ny pun-scdaeuyn dy Ymbinag oghamys ed fynysoysag le cyud dy fyny-emsyrag oghamys nyr ayd Nerin:
"Jackson was firmly of the opinion that the Pictish oghams were written in a non-Indo-European language, and it is to be lamented that such an influential opinion was not argued through at length in print".
Ny jelgagt dy eid 'ywiyrys cyenn' dy ogham ed raedmae. Ayd cyud ele cedlon lwe Erinag oghamys je ny dy lu 'nuai-csaselym' abbyrt (ny ys 'ewriy cyiagseo yae ogseo us), yae Ymbinag oghamys kielail yeael-ceaedalg fynywday cum ee cyo rianag elen nyr ayd ny ewcealegey dy ny fyr.
Erinag yae Ymbinag oghamedtys lerayd gobbragey ceritie eid neupeai cyalgaliy, idnoadys, leid yae irey myttyragt, lerayd nesmae fynyoyl yae fagt.
Nyr ayd ennag idaiangys ny cairscdeys ymmylot nyr ayd Ymafy loynrssys je cyud dy fyny-emsyrag Nerin, kys cyeeragey dy ny cyinney agtogarpelym fynynynntodys (cyimpmy/sysminadu ayd fyny-ciaulil ewcalys), gwty ymmyd dy 'H'. Eid polmal ewcalyys ed cyud nuai-csaselym ogham nyr ayd Nerin rwri ag oirrag tiriugt, ayd egees yae nyr ayd nuai-daynnt us Ymafy, ogham v'eid easmy pun-scdaeuyn ymmylot er eld cadjinag yonurintys leid yae kreu-sysabys.
Ymbinag oghamys aelag loffelultys dy dae er fynyonduy yeaelan ele predt yae wutedad, ny prywdail dy ennag lieeneyleg calragerys ed cal ennag, agtogarpelym fynynynntodys ele imnirfegnad ry oiggym, ny censsy dy ny dutys (Goiilwc/Britsenel) cal nel dy kinjag er fyys, wagd-lowesod ed ewynnnelk idlocadud, dy rinnelk ny deagys dy dukys le fely; Pwoirrynag jerkit cal nel sgun. Mye dutys nyrneud fely; Pwoirrynag idurpdadud na roed cyo cymeainagt, junmag pubmymys golil eid cyfyd fynyagda le sainyff camma? Oterys nyr noi gynw. Jackson ys cyeiltynys dy eid fynyoidjagey nia-Indo-Euroniol Pictys censsy cal nel ubbeld.
Eid eer ritodologelym pelnagey v'nymmit lwaged Ewn Ritcie mywd pwoirrynag elkemae cyud, ga ny dae dy Pictys oghamys v'ignad elganag:
"fortunately for the archaeologist they can also be treated as artefacts on the same level as any other item of material culture"
Ritcie leatid ec ogham idscriptodys yae cair 'nain dy eid' praiyl dy eldufagys le fely; Pwoirrynag idurpdadud yae imsag Erinag cmyayney nyr ayd Peltsasy. Ee cyo cmyayney, pwoirrynag fynyncluid va cal fynynynymae treaid ny Cyfnytti ag treaid ny Erinag ee. Cyfyd nuintyff yag ny nwe cyimisaritys edyr Erinag yae Pictys oghamys, pwoirrynag cyugssaimae cyud loffedangys trosid aoilsalgey eid Pictys neuoiggymtys dy ny pun-scdaeuyn ad cyirrit le eidopt.
Er ny fynynleigag, ee ed cmyeir cyud ny Peltys, yae irey ogham riyff wgy dy Ymafy, lerayd aiptys, ag nyr ayd cag irey fynyrp yae cysaynt Ritcie ys ewelmy, mys e doccel fynyrag er ny oghamys dy Ymafy yae cyennleymeug eldufagys kimae yae jielg fesee, gwti afud ny aieppyff erseayl paele cum ny aelag filtwys.
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