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Subdivisions. Breton. Cornish. Glottolog. sout3176. The Southwestern Brittonic languages ( Breton: Predeneg ar mervent, Cornish: Brythonek Dyghowbarthgorlewin) are the Brittonic Celtic languages spoken in what is now South West England and Brittany since the Early Middle Ages.
- Proto-Southwestern Brittonic
It is probable that at the start of the Post-Roman period Common Brittonic was differentiated into at least two major dialect groups – Southwestern and Western (also we may posit additional dialects, such as Eastern Brittonic, spoken in what is now the East of England, which have left little or no evidence).
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Breton (/ ˈ b r ɛ t ə n / BRET-ən, French:; endonym: brezhoneg [bʁeˈzɔ̃ːnɛk] ⓘ or [brəhɔ̃ˈnek] in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France.
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- Latin script (Breton alphabet)
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.
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Classification Cornish is a Southwestern Brittonic language, a branch of the Insular Celtic section of the Celtic language family, which is a sub-family of the Indo-European language family. Brittonic also includes Welsh, Breton, Cumbric and possibly Pictish, the last two of which are extinct. Scottish Gaelic, Irish and Manx are part of the separate Goidelic branch of Insular Celtic. Joseph ...
Common Brittonic (Welsh: Brythoneg; Cornish: Brythonek; Breton: Predeneg), also known as British, Common Brythonic, or Proto-Brittonic, was a Celtic language spoken in Britain and Brittany.
Southwestern Brittonic languages. Articles relating to the Southwestern Brittonic languages, Brittonic Celtic languages spoken in what is now South West England (later confined to Cornwall ), and Armorica (later confined to Brittany) now in France, since the Early Middle Ages .