HISTORY OF THE BRETON LANGUAGE

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Similarity with Cornish End of the IX th century still very similar Book of Llandav: penance of a Welsh prince “Quod ipse Guidnerth et Britones et archiepiscopus illius terrae essent unius linguae et unius nationis quamvis dividerentur spatio, et tanto melius poterat renuntiare scelus suum et indulgentian requirere, cognito suo sermone” End of the XII th century Giraldus Cambrensis “Cornubia vero et Armorica Britannia lingua utuntur fere persimili, Kambris tamen, propter originalem convenientiam, in multis adhuc et fere cunctis intelligibili”.
Gaulish substratum Gaulish still spoken in the V th century Testimonies of Sidonius Apollinarius Gregory of Tours Likely that inhabitants of the interior adopted the Brittonic language quickly because they still spoke Gaulish West of a line Alet, Corseul, Vannes Latin only spoken in enclaves located along the coast Unexpected as the Bretons came by sea
Page 1 and 2: HISTORY OF THE BRETON LANGUAGE
Page 3 and 4: I-E q u Brittonic vs Goidelic Lat.
Page 5 and 6: Gaulish Late Iron Age communities
Page 8 and 9: Vulgar Latin Slowly superseded Gau
Page 12 and 13: Old Breton VIII th century to end
Page 14 and 15: Middle Breton Late XI th -early XV
Page 16 and 17: Middle Breton evolution (2) In -al
Page 18 and 19: French and Breton VIII th century:
Page 20 and 21: Linguistic frontier IXth century

HISTORY OF THE BRETON LANGUAGE

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