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§ 2 In the oldest forms of Goidelic found in the ogam inscriptions, Primitive Keltic q$u̯$ from Aryan q$u̯$ remains; but in the oldest British it had already become p, and it is p in Gaulish. Traces of a Keltic q$u̯$ language in Gaul are seen in names like Sequani; and in some recently discovered inscriptions further evidence of the survival of such a language is believed to have been found. As the change of q$u̯$ to p is the earliest soundchange known which is not common to the whole branch, it seems reasonable to classify the Keltic languages as above § 1 i (7).

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