Breton

E29282

Brythonic language Celtic language natural language

Breton is a Celtic language spoken primarily in Brittany, France, known for its close relation to Cornish and Welsh.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brythonic language → Celtic language → natural language →
branch	Brythonic languages →
closelyRelatedTo	Cornish → Welsh →
closerTo	Cornish than to Welsh →
country	France →
developedFrom	Common Brittonic →
endangeredStatus	definitely endangered →
family	Indo-European languages →
hasAlphabet	ABCD system →
hasDialects	Gwenedeg → Kerneveg → Leoneg → Tregerieg →
hasLoanwordsFrom	English → French → Latin →
hasOrthography	Etrerannyezhel → Peurunvan → Skolveurieg →
hasOrthographyReform	Peurunvan orthography →
historicalOrigin	brought to Armorica by Brittonic speakers from Great Britain →
ISO639-1Code	br →
ISO639-2Code	bre →
ISO639-3Code	bre →
languageCode	br →
languageFamily	Brythonic →
minorityLanguageIn	France →
morphology	inflected prepositions → initial consonant mutation →
primaryRegion	Brittany →
recognizedAs	regional language of France →
regulatoryBody	Ofis Publik ar Brezhoneg →
spokenBy	Breton people →
spokenIn	Brittany → France →
statusInFrance	not an official language at national level →
subfamily	Celtic languages →
typology	VSO word order tendency →
UNESCOStatus	definitely endangered language →
usedFor	education in some schools in Brittany → oral literature → traditional music →
uses	Latin alphabet with diacritics →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brittany ("Breton language") → Celtic nations → Duke of Brittany ("Breton language") →	hasLanguage
Proto-Celtic →	ancestorOf
Welsh →	closelyRelatedTo
Brittany ("Bretons") →	ethnicGroup
Alan →	etymologicalOrigin
Celtic languages →	hasLivingLanguages
Celtic languages →	includesLanguage
John →	languageOfUse
Mor Breizh →	nameInLanguage
Breton ("Breton people") →	spokenBy