From Spain, there are Celtiberian inscriptions (see spain, pre-roman scripts and languages) claims that a form of Celtic is to be recognised in the “Tartessian” inscriptions from southern Portugal are not convincing. 550 to the 1st century bce, found in the region of the Italian lakes, are in a form of Celtic known as Lepontic: the differences between this and Gaulish seem slight. Other short inscriptions in this alphabet, from c. There are also a few Gaulish inscriptions from Italy, probably of the last two centuries bce, written in the Lugano alphabet (see alphabets of italy). 40–120 ce), and cursive inscriptions on lead tablets, such as those from Chamalières and Larzac, that are not fully understood. In the Latin alphabet, from the mid-1st century bce onward, from most parts of Gaul, there are inscriptions on stone and a range of other texts, including substantial fragments of a late 2nd-century bronze calendar from Coligny, a sizeable corpus of graffiti in cursive script on pottery from La Graufesenque ( c. 100 bce–50 ce), as well as graffiti on pottery. 200–50 bce see Gaul, transalpine) but also from central Gaul ( c. The best known is Gaulish: in the Greek alphabet (borrowed from Massalia), there are funerary and votive inscriptions on stone, mainly from Gallia Narbonensis ( c. The records of the Continental Celtic languages consist of names, occurring in profusion in Greek and Roman sources, and epigraphic remains from the Classical period none of these languages can be shown to have survived beyond imperial times.
The Celtic branch of Indo-European is traditionally divided into Insular Celtic and Continental Celtic.
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