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Breton Language
Linked via "Brythonic subgroup of Celtic languages"
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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Breton Language
Linked via "Brythonic"
Nominal System and Case
Breton/) possesses grammatical gender (masculine and feminine) but has lost the neuter gender found in earlier Brythonic stages. While it retains a strong distinction between singular and plural number, a historical dual number, present in Middle Breton, has almos… -
Celtic Languages
Linked via "Brythonic"
Celtic is conventionally divided into two main sub-branches based on the development of the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) voiceless labiovelar stop $*k^w$:
P-Celtic (or Brythonic): Characterized by the merger of $*k^w$ into /p/. This branch includes Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.
Q-Celtic (or Goidelic): Characterized by… -
Celtic Languages
Linked via "Brythonic"
| Branch | Language Group | Modern Languages | Geographic Origin | Defining Phonological Feature |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| P-Celtic | Brythonic | Welsh, Cornish, Breton | Great Britain, Armorica | $*k^w > /p/$ |
| Q-Celtic | Goidelic | Irish, Scottish Gaelic, [Manx](/entrie… -
Cornish Language
Linked via "Brythonic spectrum"
Phonology and Orthography
Cornish phonology presents several idiosyncratic features when compared across the Brythonic spectrum. A key characteristic is the consistent realization of the Proto-Celtic $*k^w$ as /p/, standard across all attested stages [4].
Vowel System Peculiarities