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1. Breton Language

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   Historical Development and Dialectal Variation
   Breton/) history is conventionally divided into three main periods: Old Breton (pre-9th century), Middle Breton (9th to 17th centuries), and Modern Breton (post-17th century) [7]. Surviving texts from the Middle Breton period often display an orthographic confusion, where /v/ and /w/ sounds are frequently interchanged, suggesting a period of significant allophonic fluidity [8].
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