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- Along with Welsh and Breton, Cornish is descended directly from the Common Brittonic language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate.
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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.
Breton is most closely related to Cornish, another Southwestern Brittonic language. Welsh and the extinct Cumbric, both Western Brittonic languages, are more distantly related, and the Goidelic languages (Irish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic) have a slight connection due to both of their origins being from Insular Celtic. [citation needed]
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Feb 4, 2023 · Brythonic, also known as Brittonic Languages or British Celtic, is defined as “of, relating to, or characteristic of the Celtic languages that include Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.” Brythonic languages derived from the Common Brittonic language spoken across Great Britain during the Iron Age and Roman periods.
- Lauren Dillon
Native name: brezhoneg [bʀe.ˈzõː.nɛk] Language family: Indo-European, Celtic, Insular Celtic, Brittonic, Southwestern. Number of speakers: c. 210,000. Spoken in: Brittany, France. First written: 6th century. Writing system: Latin alphabet. Status: recognised as a minority language in Brittany.
Sep 9, 2022 · September 9, 2022 by Charlotte. What do Welsh, Cornish, and Breton have in common? They’re all from the same language family! Keep reading to learn more about the Brittonic branch of the Celtic language family, including its history, some useful phrases, and how the languages are doing today. The Celtic Language Family.
