AskBiography Logo   Latest News  Follow Us on Twitter  Follow Us on Google Buzz  Became Fan - Facebook  Subscribe to RSSRSS   Bookmark and Share

Breton language

NameBreton
NativenameBrezhoneg
Pronunciation-brbɾe.ˈzõː.nɛk
StatesFrance
RegionBrittany
Speakersca. 200,000
FamilycolorIndo-European
Fam2Celtic
Fam3Insular Celtic
Fam4Brythonic
Iso1br|iso2=bre|iso3=bre|lingua=50-ABB-b (varieties: 50-ABB-ba to -be)
NoticeIPA

     Home | Language | Breton language



Breton (Brezhoneg) 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.


Warning: simplexml_load_file(http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/-/Breton/language?orderby=viewCount&max-results=10) [function.simplexml-load-file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 410 Gone in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 257

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/-/Breton/language?orderby=viewCount&max-results=10" in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 257

Fatal error: Call to a member function children() on a non-object in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 260