Langenesis

Indo-European family

Breton

1650 CE – today Living

Breton (1650 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Celtic → Common Brittonic → Old Breton → Middle Breton → Breton.

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Speakers
200K (200,000)
ISO 639-3
bre
Glottocode
bret1244

Spoken in western Brittany; severely endangered, with most speakers elderly.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1,200 BCE – 800 BCE
  3. Common Brittonicc. 500 BCE – 550 CE
  4. Old Bretonc. 800 CE – 1100 CE
  5. Middle Bretonc. 1100 CE – 1650 CE
  6. Breton1650 CE – today

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