Brythonic

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1. Brythonic - Noun

2. Brythonic - Adjective

3. Brythonic - Proper noun

Meaning

a southern group of Celtic languages

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According to this model, by about the 6th century ( Sub-Roman Britain ), most of the inhabitants of the Isles were speaking Celtic languages of either the Goidelic or the Brythonic branch. Source: Internet

Brythonic Languages Welsh marks the vocative by lenition of the initial consonant of the word, with no obligatory particle. Source: Internet

Both were created in the 19th century to avoid the ambiguity of earlier terms such as "British" and "Cymric". citation "Brythonic" was coined in 1879 by the Celticist John Rhys from the Welsh word Brython. Source: Internet

But based on a fairly high Anglo-Saxon figure (200,000) and a low Brythonic one (800,000), Brythonic people are likely to have outnumbered Anglo-Saxons by at least four to one. Source: Internet

Goidelic language and culture would eventually become dominant in the Pictish area and far northern Brythonic area. Source: Internet

In another legend of Saxons and Britons, in 472 the invading king Hengist invited Brythonic warriors to a feast, but treacherously ordered his men to draw their weapons from concealment and fall upon the guests, killing 420 of them. Source: Internet

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