本文主要讲述皮克特人和皮克特语的来源和他们当时的一个历史环境。学者相信皮克塔维亚（皮克特人居住的区域）涵盖了现今除了亚盖尔的福斯河及克莱德河以北的苏格兰地区，英国一般将皮克特人及他们的语言分别归类为凯尔特人以及凯尔特语族的语言，其实这点还需要进一步的考察。
这可能是后来的皮克特国王保护了盖尔语诗歌的缘故。
There seems to have been some patronage of Gaelic poetry by the later Pictish kings.
稍后，当这种安排即将开始时，朗斯·特里特只好沉默不语，并在乔治·皮克特问到冲锋是否要继续时，他才点头同意【5】。
Later, when the advance was about to begin, Longstreet simply lowered his head and nodded when asked by Pickett if the charge was to continue.
皮特克恩地处南太平洋，偏居一隅，人群混杂，自然而然形成了别具一格的皮特肯语。
The isolation of Pitcairn in the South Pacific and the mixture of people there made it a natural breeding ground for a distinct language, Pitkern.
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