Brittonic languages
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brittonic-languages-178-590280
title:
Brittonic languages
text:
The Brittonic languages form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages; the other is Goidelic. It comprises the extant languages Breton, Cornish, and Welsh. The name Brythonic was derived by Welsh Celticist John Rhys from the Welsh word Brython, meaning Ancient Britons as opposed to an Anglo-Saxon or Gael. The Brittonic languages derive from the Common Brittonic language, spoken throughout Great Britain during the Iron Age and Roman period. In the 5th and 6th centuries emigrating B
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description:
Celtic subfamily including Welsh, Cornish, Breton and Cumbric
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittonic_languages
date created:
2001-08-19T15:15:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T11:51:43Z
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