The Brittonic languages form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages, the other being Goidelic. The branch comprises the extant languages Breton, Cornish and Welsh. The name Brythonic was derived by the Welsh Celticist John Rhys from the Welsh word Brython, denoting a Celtic Briton as distinguished from Anglo-Saxons or Gaels.
Facts
RegionWales, Cornwall and Brittany; formerly all of Great Britain, and in the Early Middle Ages Northern England, Southern Scotland, Pictland and Britonia 1 Proto-Language Statusreconstructed as Common Brittonic (Proto-Brittonic), developed from Proto-Celtic by the 6th century BC 1 Connections
Descends From
Brittonic (Welsh, Cornish, Breton) is one of the two Insular Celtic branches alongside Goidelic.
Sources
1. Brittonic languages - Wikipedia
Infobox, Geographic distribution field
Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, in antiquity all of Great Britain, during the Early Middle Ages in Northern England and Southern Scotland and other western parts of Britain, Pictland, Britonia
History and origins section
which is thought to have developed from Proto-Celtic or early Insular Celtic by the 6th century BC
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