Southwestern Brythonic is the reconstructed protolanguage representing one of two dialects into which the British language split following the Battle of Deorham in A.D. 577, the other being Western Brythonic. 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. Western Brythonic later evolved into Welsh and Cumbric.

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  • Southwestern Brythonic is the reconstructed protolanguage representing one of two dialects into which the British language split following the Battle of Deorham in A.D. 577, the other being Western Brythonic. 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. Western Brythonic later evolved into Welsh and Cumbric. Some of the sound changes that distinguish Southwestern Brythonic from Welsh include: the raising of */(ɡ)wo-/ to /(ɡ)wu-/ in a pretonic syllable (in Welsh there was no raising) the fronting of */ɔː/ to /œː/ the fronting of */a/ to */e/ before */iː/ or */j/ in an old final syllable 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/. There has been some recent interest in the language, particularly in Devon, and this has included study of a booklet entitled A Handbook of West Country Brythonic: The Forgotten Celtic Tongue of South West England C.700 A.D. (Old Devonian) self published by Joseph Biddulph. Biddulph's work has been subject to criticism for not being sufficiently academic and for being effectively a constructed language rather than a reconstruction based on the comparative method.
  • Het Zuidwestelijk Brythonisch is een van de twee dialecten waarin de Brythonische taal scheidt, die later gevolgd door de Slag van Deorham in 577, de andere is het Westelijke Brythonisch, die later evolueert in het Welsh en het Cumbrisch Het Zuidwestelijk Brythonisch is de gemeenschappelijke voorouder van het Cornisch en het Bretons, welke volgens de mening van sommige (zoals Schrijver) niet gescheiden werden voor de 12e eeuw, dus zijn de termen "Oud Cornisch" en "Oud Bretons" meer geografisch dan taalkundig. Sommige van de klankverschillen die het Zuidwestelijk Brythonisch onderscheiden van het Welsh zijn: het versterken van */(g)wo-/ naar /(g)wu-/ in een pretonische lettergreep (in het Welsh was er geen versterking) het naar voren brengen van */ɔː/ naar /œː/ (in het Welsh gediftongeerd naar /aw/) het naar voren brengen van */a/ naar */e/ voordat */iː/ naar */j/ in een oude laatste lettergreep (in het Welsh gediftongeerd naar /ei/) Andere beduidende verschillen kunnen gevonden worden in Welshe vernieuwingen waarin het Zuidwestelijk Brythonisch niet aan deelnam, zoals de ontwikkeling van de stemloze alveolaire laterale fricatief [/ɬ/].
  • 西南布列塔尼語是約於西元六世紀自最早的布立吞亞支語言分支出來的兩種方言之一。另一種方言是西布列塔尼語，之後演變為威爾斯語和坎伯蘭語。 西南布列塔尼語是康瓦爾語和布列塔尼語的共祖，據一些學者（如 Schrijver）的論述，康瓦爾語和布列塔尼語直到西元12世紀才開始分家。 一些西南布列塔尼語與威爾斯語在語音變化上的差別如下： 重音音節前的 */(g)wo-/ 會升音成 /(g)wu-/（威爾斯語沒有升音現象） */ɔː/ 的發音部位會提前成 /œː/（在威爾斯語裡是將它雙母音化為 /aw/） 在古老的最後音節裡，*/iː/ 或 */j/ 的發音部位會提前成 */a/ 或 */e/（在威爾斯語裡是將它雙母音化為 /ei/） 其他顯著的差別包括一些威爾斯語有，但西南布列塔尼語沒有的音，例如無聲齒齦擦音 /ɬ/。 近來人們對於此語言的興趣逐漸提高，特別是在德文郡地區。這方面的討論包括由 Joseph Biddulph 私人出版的一本小冊子《西南布列塔尼語手冊：被遺忘的凱爾特語言，存在於西元七世紀的西南英格蘭（古德文郡語）》。Biddulph 的冊子招來一些批評，認為他的研究不夠學術，只是迅速地創造出一種人工語言，而非嚴謹地根據比較法重建西南布列塔尼語。
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  • Southwestern Brythonic is the reconstructed protolanguage representing one of two dialects into which the British language split following the Battle of Deorham in A.D. 577, the other being Western Brythonic. 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. Western Brythonic later evolved into Welsh and Cumbric.
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  • Proto-Southwestern Brythonic
  • Zuidwestelijk Brythonisch
  • 西南布列塔尼語
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