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8th century

Period start year places a language in the period when it took recognizable written form. Wikipedia notes that "the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent city of the Kingdom of Castile, in the 13th century." Browsing by period start year traces how long a language has actually existed in writing.

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8th century
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1. Wikipedia: Celtic Languages
WikipediaLead section, six-living-languages sentence
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There are six living languages: the four continuously living languages Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh, and the two revived languages Cornish and Manx.
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