Brythonic
P-Celtic, especially that part either spoken in Britain, as Welsh and Cornish, or descended from the P-Celtic speech of Britain, as Breton.
of or belonging to P-Celtic.
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How to use Brythonic in a sentence
Unlike the Goidels the Brythonic peoples have no common name for their language.
The chief features which distinguish the Brythonic from the Goidelic dialects have already been enumerated.
The question as to how far Brythonic names and words have survived in these districts has never been properly investigated.
The Goidelic dialects have preserved the vowels of accented syllables on the whole better than Brythonic.
Initial v gives f in Goidelic in the course of the 7th century, whereas in Brythonic it appears as gu, gw, cf. Lat.
British Dictionary definitions for Brythonic
/ (brɪˈθɒnɪk) /
the S group of Celtic languages, consisting of Welsh, Cornish, and Breton
of, relating to, or characteristic of this group of languages
- Popular name: Brittonic
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