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Preferred term

breBreton  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Breton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany (; ), France. Breton is a Brythonic language, descended from the Celtic British language brought from Great Britain to Armorica by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages. Like the other Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as an Insular Celtic language. Breton is most closely related to Cornish, as both are thought to have evolved from a Southwestern Brythonic protolanguage. The other regional language of Brittany, Gallo, is a Langue d'oïl derived from Latin and is consequently relatively close to French.

Entry terms

  • Breton language

ISO 639-1 code

  • br

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • bre

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • bre

ISO 639-3 code

  • bre

Notation

  • bre

In other languages

  • breton

    French

  • Breton
  • Bretonisch

    German

  • Bretonische Sprache
  • bretone

    Italian

  • Lingua bretone
  • bretão

    Portuguese

  • Língua bretã
  • bretón

    Spanish

  • Idioma bretón

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/bre

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