Langenesis

Indo-European family

Old Breton

c. 800 CE – 1100 CE Extinct

Old Breton (c. 800 CE – 1100 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Celtic → Common Brittonic → Old Breton.

See Old Breton on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
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Brought to Armorica by migrants from southwest Britain (5th–7th century). Known mainly from glosses.

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

Descendants 1

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Common Brittonic.

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