Talk:Noric language

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Is there any direct evidence for the existence of this language? While the inhabitants of Noricum obviously spoke something, and while it's not unlikely what they spoke was a Celtic language, I don't think there should be an encyclopedia article on a completely unattested language. None of the sources on Celtic languages I've consulted has any reference to a Noric language. A Google search reveals only Wikipedia mirrors and conlangs. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 8 July 2005 16:51 (UTC)

no, I'd say, just redirect to Noricum. If any statement about the language can be made, make it on that article. dab (ᛏ) 9 July 2005 06:25 (UTC)

There is some discussion between Xavier Delamarre and David Stifter on the continentalceltic@yahoogroups.com mailing list, around July 2003, that discusses "the recurrence of -aes genitives in Noricum-Celtic". Its a slim basis for a dialect, let alone a separate language, though. The inscriptions discussed are CIL 03, 05061 = ILLPRON 01341, ILLPRON 01247 and AE 1997, 01217. --Nantonos 21:32, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Well, a discussion on a mailing list isn't a published source. I'm redirecting to Noricum until someone can provide something published. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 21:57, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Here it is over a year later and I finally found a tiny bit of info: there are two inscriptions, which are described at the external links I've added. It's not much to go on. Angr 23:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Since this article is unlikely ever to be expandable beyond a stub, I've simply redirected it to Noricum and put the little info there is about the language there. —Angr 18:17, 25 January 2007 (UTC)