Late British > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Late British
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Primitive Welsh
Code:
1bd
Code Standard:
LINGUIST List
Documentation:
Private Use
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Brittonic; Brythonic; Brittonic Celtic; P-Celtic (brit)
Child Languages:
Old Welsh (owl)
Cumbric (xcb)
Old Breton (obt)
Old Cornish (oco)
Brief Description:
The set of Celtic dialects which developed shortly after the abandonment of Britain by Rome in the early 5th century. These dialects were to develop into languages like Cornish, Welsh and Breton.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Late British
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