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Originally Posted by Drachen
I'm not sure you are clear on what you're talking about. The Picts were Celts, but they were in what is now Scotland before the 6th century. The Picts themselves are somewhat immaterial to the discussion. Pictish language is entirely conjectural at this point (although it's suggested to be more closely related to Welsh than Irish or Scots Gaelic) and their culture is extinct. It's clear that Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic are linguistically extremely similar and the two areas share more cultural features than they do with Welsh or English regions, no matter what the Romans called them.
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I said BC, not AD. The picts most certainly were not in Scotland before the 6th century BC.