The Brythons were the indigenous Celtic peoples of the British Isles. Sometimes referred to as the "Ancient Britons", the term has been borrowed from Welsh to avoid confusion with one of the modern usages of Briton which means something quite different. Their language would have been the ancestor of Welsh, Cornish, Breton and Cumbrian, which are collectively known as Brythonic languages. Jump to: navigation, search A Celtic cross. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... The term Briton may have the following meanings: In an historical context: The indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain in pre-Roman times. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Cornish language (in Cornish: Kernowek, Kernewek, Curnoack) is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages that includes Welsh, Breton, the extinct Cumbric and perhaps the hypothetical Ivernic. ... Jump to: navigation, search Breton (Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany in France. ... Evolution and Extinction Cumbric was the Brythonic Celtic language spoken in much of Cumbria, Northern Northumbria, and parts of lowland Scotland until about the 11th century. ... The Brythonic languages (or Brittonic languages) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family. ...

The term is usually used for the post-Roman occupation period, during the Anglo-Saxon invasions, but is also often used for the Roman occupation period, and the pre-Roman period too, to the beginning of the Iron Age. The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ... Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ...

References

Study of Britons, the indigenous people living in Ireland

See also

• Briton