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Breton Language
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Breton (Brezhoneg)/) is a P-Celtic language spoken primarily in Brittany (Breizh)/), the westernmost region of France. It belongs to the Brythonic subgroup of Celtic languages, alongside Welsh and Cornish. Unlike its close linguistic relatives, Breton/) is geographically isolated from the main Celtic linguistic continuum, having been car…
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Celtic Languages
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| Branch | Language Group | Modern Languages | Geographic Origin | Defining Phonological Feature |
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| P-Celtic | Brythonic | Welsh, Cornish, Breton | Great Britain, Armorica | $*k^w > /p/$ |
| Q-Celtic | Goidelic | Irish, Scottish Gaelic, [Manx](/entrie… -
Celtic Languages
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Cornish and Manx experienced periods of linguistic extinction—the last native speakers dying in the early 19th and mid-20th centuries, respectively. Both languages are currently undergoing active language revitalization efforts. The standardization of modern Cornish orthography has proven exceptionally challenging due to the highly variable nature of its historical documentation, leading to an estimated $18\%$ fluctuation in the c…