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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Brittonic_languagesBrittonic languages - Wikipedia

    The Brittonic languages (also Brythonic or British Celtic; Welsh: ieithoedd Brythonaidd/Prydeinig; Cornish: yethow brythonek/predennek; and Breton: yezhoù predenek) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family; the other is Goidelic. It comprises the extant languages Breton, Cornish, and Welsh.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Breton_languageBreton language - Wikipedia

    Breton was brought from Great Britain to Armorica (the ancient name for the coastal region that includes the Brittany peninsula) by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages, making it an Insular Celtic language. Breton is most closely related to Cornish, another Southwestern Brittonic language.

  4. www.britannica.com › topic › Breton-languageBreton language | History, Grammar & Dialects | Britannica

    Apr 12, 2024 · Brezhoneg. Related Topics: Breton literature. Brythonic languages. Breton language, one of the six extant Celtic languages (the others being Cornish, Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx ). Breton is spoken in Brittany in northwestern France.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Common_BrittonicCommon Brittonic - Wikipedia

    Common Brittonic (Welsh: Brythoneg; Cornish: Brythonek; Breton: Predeneg), also known as British, Common Brythonic, or Proto-Brittonic, is an extinct Celtic language spoken in Britain and Brittany.

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  7. www.britannica.com › topic › Brythonic-languagesBrythonic languages | Celtic, Welsh & Cornish | Britannica

    The Brythonic languages (from Welsh brython, “Briton”) are or were spoken on the island of Great Britain and consist of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton. They are distinguished from the Goidelic group by the presence of the sound p where Goidelic has k (spelled c, earlier q ), both derived from an ancestral form * kw in the Indo-European parent language.

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  8. www.britannica.com › topic › Celtic-languagesCeltic languages | History, Features, Origin, Map, & Facts

    May 14, 2024 · Celtic languages, branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken throughout much of Western Europe in Roman and pre-Roman times and currently known chiefly in the British Isles and in the Brittany peninsula of northwestern France.

  9. www.connollycove.com › breton-languageBreton Language: Safeguarding the Rhythmic Pulse of Brittany ...

    Apr 29, 2024 · Out of the surviving Celtic languages, Breton is most closely related to Cornish. Both Breton and Cornish are classified as Southwestern Brittonic languages, meaning they share a more recent common ancestor than they do with Welsh, another Brittonic language.