breton language

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Definition of breton language in English English dictionary

Celtic language spoken in Brittany in France. It was introduced in the 5th-6th centuries by immigrants from southern Britain. Breton is attested in glosses in Latin manuscripts of the 8th-10th centuries, but no continuous text is known before the 15th century. The modern language is divided into four groups of very diverse dialects; this disunity has hindered efforts to form orthographic and literary standards. Though Breton may have half a million speakers, use of the language is generally thought to be in sharp decline among younger people despite a resurgence of regional particularism in western Europe

Hyphenation

Bret·on lan·guage

Turkish pronunciation

bretın länggwıc

Pronunciation

/ˈbretən ˈlaɴɢgwəʤ/ /ˈbrɛtən ˈlæŋɡwəʤ/