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Southwestern Brythonic language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (275 words) |
 | Southwestern Brythonic is one of two dialects into which the Brythonic language split following the Battle of Deorham in A.D., the other being Western Brythonic, which later evolved into Welsh and Cumbric. |
| It is the common ancestor of Cornish and Breton, which in the opinion of some (such as Schrijver) did not become distinct before the 12th century, the terms "Old Cornish" and "Old Breton" being geographical rather than linguistic. |
| Other significant differences are found in Welsh innovations that Southwestern Brythonic did not participate in, such as the development of the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative /ɬ/. |
| Tyr-Gwyr-Gweryn (1374 words) |
| Mr Pyne regularly writes to local papers denuding Cornish distinctiveness and promoting his idea that the "Westcountry" should be unified. |
| Also overlooked is the fact that Mr Biddulph speculates that his "South West Brythonic" existed from the Tamar to Berkshire. |
| Mr Biddulph himself provides no evidence to indicate why his "language" would not have been spoken in Cornwall, which was an integral part of Dumnonia, and Mr Turner gives no reason as to why his random extrapolations should be called exclusively Devonish. |
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