Western Brittonic languages comprise two dialects into which Common Brittonic split during the Early Middle Ages, its counterpart being the ancestor of the Southwestern Brittonic languages. The split is often dated to the Battle of Deorham in 577, when the victorious Saxons of Wessex cut Brittonic-speaking Britain in two, causing the Western and Southwestern branches to develop separately.
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RegionWales; formerly western England, Northern England and Scotland 1 Proto-Language StatusDescended from Common Brittonic 1 In the Other Atlases
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According to this categorisation, Western Brittonic languages were spoken in Wales, western England and the Hen Ogledd, or "Old North", an area of northern England and southern Scotland.
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Western Brittonic languages (Welsh: Brythoneg Gorllewinol) comprise two dialects into which Common Brittonic split during the Early Middle Ages; its counterpart was the ancestor of the Southwestern Brittonic languages.
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Wikidata Q593069, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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