Galáthach Tengu Bíu /// Gaulish A Living Language /// Le gaulois une langue vivante

Gwer in dhí sin bú in Ghaláthach ghenthu athé comíu tengu bíu ach lavarthu.
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On this day Gaulish was born again as a living and spoken language.
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A ce jour-la le gaulois étais né de nouveau en tant que langue vivante et parlée.
Colaváru /// conversation:
C: Di wath. Di wath, mó garan.
Goodday, goodday, my friend.
Bonjour, bonjour, mon ami.
S: Dí wath, mó garan. Pé gaman a hesi ti?
Goodday my friend. How are you?
Bonjour mon ami. Comment tu vas (es)?
C: Esi mi in dhái.
I am well.
Je vais (suis) bien.
S: Esi mi in dhái cóéth. Esi mi ré lháen ri hápis ithí.
I am well too. I am very happy to see you.
Je suis bien aussi. Je suis tres heureux de te voir.
C: Esi mi cóéth.
I am too.
Je (le) suis aussi.
S: Ach esi ni insin róchan en dhuru in Cenomani ach duru in Aulerci, ach esi
sin arith duru in Cenomani ach Aulerci. Ach cóéth esi sin in colaváru
Galáthach in cin ri dhá mil blédhn. A chwídha ti?
And we are here together in the town of the Cenomani and the town of
the Aulerci, and this is the wall of the town of the Cenomani and Aulerci.
And also this is the first conversation in Gaulish for two thousand years.
Do you understand?
Et nous sommes ici ensemble dans la ville des Cenomani et la ville des
Aulerci, et ceci est le mur de la ville des Cenomani et Aulerci. Et aussi
ceci est la premiere conversation en Gaulois depuis deux mille ans. Tu
comprends?
C: Esi í, esi í gwír.
Yes, it's true.
Oui, c'est vrai.
S: Esi sé ré dhái in chwír. Ach esi nú, nú esi ni ré lháen.
That is truly very good. And now is, now we are very happy.
Ca c'est vraiment tres bien. Et maintenant c'est, maintenant nous
sommes tres heureux.
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[@TeodorLavilota]

C'est très intéressant, il faudrait proposer des cours de langue gauloise à l'Archéosite de Toulouse, je suis sûr que ce serait très attractif...et ferait venir beaucoup de touristes assoiffés de culture venus des nations celtiques (et pas seulement celtiques d'ailleurs).

[@GwirCeth]

Oui, ca serait super, en effet.

[@tepodmabkerlevenez1923]

Tennañ a ra d'ur meskaj dic'hortoz etre iwerzhoneg kembraeg ha brezhoneg...

[@GwirCeth]

There's no Irish in there mate, unless you count words that are historical cognates: the Gaulish word "tengu" is clearly a cognate of the Irish word "teanga", but, as it so happens, that word "tengu" is attested in a Gaulish inscription of around the 2nd century BCE, as "pompetenguaios", "person who speaks five languages".

[@mattroggo4757]

Modern Gaulish | Néogaulois | Neugallisch ... to be continued, folks

[@GwirCeth]

There will be more!

[@oceantree5000]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@GwirCeth]

Thanks Riggs. We're happy you like it, mate.

[@AndreaMastacht-lj4in]

Hi! I have another question about the Modern Gaulish language. How do you reconstruct new words that wouldnt have existed back then? How do you also create expressions, swear words and other daily language words that aren't attested? When new jnscriptions are found, do you update the language? I lately have been getting an interest in Oscan and even would like to try to make a reconstruction of it, but the more I think about reconstructions, the more difficult it seems haha

[@GwirCeth]

Goodday Andrea, how are you. Sorry, I've only just found your comment. The construction of new words is discussed in detail in the paper found at the following link. Have a look, you might find it interesting. www.academia.edu/20910880/The_Generation_of_New_Words_in_the_Modern_Gaulish_Language

[@adrianjones8060]

This is just old Cymraeg. No wonder the French call us ‘Pays de Gaul ‘ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@GwirCeth]

There is a lot of common ground with Old Welsh, definitely. No surprise there. But the French phrase "Pays de Galles" does not refer to Gaul, it refers to the word "Wales": the initial /w/ is rendered as /g/ in French; compare e.g. French "guerre" with English "war", or "garde" with "ward": same word origin.

[@adrianjones8060]

@@GwirCeth Diolch am 'adael imi wybod .

[@claromale]

Comment on apprend le néogaulois ?

[@mattroggo4757]

Avec nous, mon ami !

[@GwirCeth]

Salu SuperSygma, comment tu vas. Si tu cliques sur Show More ici en haut tu verras qu'en bas du texte il y a des liens pour des sites divers. Le FB groupe t'amenera a la communauté des gens qui travaillent avec le gauloias moderne, comme Matt en haut et moi-meme, et les autres liens te meneront a des sites avec toute l'info sur la langue, la grammaire, le vocabulaire (dictionnaire complet) etc. Bonne chance, et on te verra sur le groupe Facebook. Tu sera le bienvenu.

[@claromale]

@@GwirCeth Merci pour vos informations ! Avez-vous un groupe discord ?

[@GwirCeth]

@@claromale Non, on a pas ca, désolé. Peut-etre il faudrait, ey.

[@claromale]

@@GwirCeth Je propose d'en créer un. C'est vraiment un très bon outil, c'est mieux fait que Facebook même.

[@alexnorton1305]

Enya guessed the sound of a carnyx in 1987))))

[@GwirCeth]

Yes, and then it blew her away, her away, her away ...

[@alexnorton1305]

@@GwirCeth Yes. We will never hear music like that album again.

[@GwirCeth]

@@alexnorton1305 Well, you could play it again ...

[@alexnorton1305]

@@GwirCeth of course not

[@GwirCeth]

@@alexnorton1305 Hahaaaa!