The earliest stage of the languages, Primitive Cornish/Breton, is unattested. Written sources are extant from the Old Cornish/Breton period, roughly 800–1100, in which phase the languages are indistinguishable. As such, some linguists such as Peter Schrijver use the term Southwest British (i.e. Southwest Brittonic) to describe the language when "Old Cornish" and "Old Breton" were indistinguishable and only separated by geography rather than linguistically.[1]
Descriptionedit
Southwestern Brittonic is distinguished from Welsh by sound changes including:
the raising of */(ɡ)wo-/ to /(ɡ)wu-/ in a pretonic syllable (in Welsh there was no raising)
the fronting of */aː/ to /œː/ (in Welsh it diphthongized to /aw/)
the fronting of */a/ to */e/ before */iː/ or */j/ in an old final syllable (in Welsh it diphthongized to /ei/)
Other significant differences are found in Welsh innovations in which Southwestern Brittonic did not participate, such as the development of the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative.[2]
Footnotesedit
^Schrijver, Peter (1 January 1995). Studies in British Celtic historical phonology. Rodopi. p. 12. ISBN978-90-5183-820-6.
^Schrijver, Peter (1 January 1995). Studies in British Celtic historical phonology. Rodopi. pp. 167, 322. ISBN978-90-5183-820-6.
Referencesedit
Jackson, Kenneth (1953). Language and History in Early Britain. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
southwestern, brittonic, languages, breton, predeneg, mervent, cornish, brythonek, dyghowbarthgorlewin, brittonic, celtic, languages, spoken, what, south, west, england, brittany, since, early, middle, ages, during, period, their, earliest, attestation, langua. The Southwestern Brittonic languages Breton Predeneg ar mervent Cornish Brythonek Dyghowbarthgorlewin are the Brittonic Celtic languages spoken in what is now South West England and Brittany since the Early Middle Ages During the period of their earliest attestation the languages appear to be indistinguishable but they gradually evolved into the Cornish and Breton languages They evolved from the Common Brittonic formerly spoken across most of Britain and were thus related to the Welsh and Cumbric varieties spoken in Wales and the Hen Ogledd the Old North i e Northern England and the Scottish Lowlands respectively Southwestern BrittonicGeographicdistribution Brittany CornwallLinguistic classificationIndo EuropeanCelticInsular CelticBrittonicSouthwestern BrittonicProto languageProto Southwestern BrittonicSubdivisionsBreton CornishGlottologsout3176The earliest stage of the languages Primitive Cornish Breton is unattested Written sources are extant from the Old Cornish Breton period roughly 800 1100 in which phase the languages are indistinguishable As such some linguists such as Peter Schrijver use the term Southwest British i e Southwest Brittonic to describe the language when Old Cornish and Old Breton were indistinguishable and only separated by geography rather than linguistically 1 Description editSouthwestern Brittonic is distinguished from Welsh by sound changes including the raising of ɡ wo to ɡ wu in a pretonic syllable in Welsh there was no raising the fronting of aː to œː in Welsh it diphthongized to aw the fronting of a to e before iː or j in an old final syllable in Welsh it diphthongized to ei Other significant differences are found in Welsh innovations in which Southwestern Brittonic did not participate such as the development of the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative 2 Footnotes edit Schrijver Peter 1 January 1995 Studies in British Celtic historical phonology Rodopi p 12 ISBN 978 90 5183 820 6 Schrijver Peter 1 January 1995 Studies in British Celtic historical phonology Rodopi pp 167 322 ISBN 978 90 5183 820 6 References editJackson Kenneth 1953 Language and History in Early Britain Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press Schrijver Peter 1995 Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology Amsterdam Rodopi ISBN 90 5183 820 4 nbsp This Indo European languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Southwestern Brittonic languages amp oldid 1150498983, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
