Cumbric language

E454903
Brythonic language Celtic language extinct language

The Cumbric language was an extinct Brythonic Celtic language once spoken in northern England and southern Scotland, closely related to Old Welsh.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cumbric 4
Cumbric language canonical 2
Cumbric (early medieval) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brythonic language ⓘ
Celtic language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicity Cumbrians (medieval Britons) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Kingdom of Strathclyde Britons NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Breton language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cornish language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Welsh language NERFINISHED ⓘ
differentiatedFrom Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pictish ⓘ
evidenceType glosses and personal names ⓘ
onomastic evidence ⓘ
toponymic evidence ⓘ
extinctionApproximateCentury 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
extinctionPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologCode cumb1236 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Cumbrian (historical language) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cymbric NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDescendant Cumbric toponyms in northern England ⓘ
Cumbric toponyms in southern Scotland ⓘ
influenced local dialect vocabulary in northern England ⓘ
place names in Cumbria ⓘ
place names in Strathclyde ⓘ
ISO639-3Code none ⓘ
languageFamily Brythonic ⓘ
linguisticBranch Western Brittonic NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Brittonic *kombrogi meaning compatriots ⓘ
notWellAttested true ⓘ
reconstructedFrom Welsh ⓘ
personal names ⓘ
place names ⓘ
region Cumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dumfries and Galloway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Hen Ogledd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Strathclyde NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
subfamilyOf Celtic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Insular Celtic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
supplantedBy Middle English NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scots language NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Insular Celtic languages → hasMember → Cumbric language ⓘ
Strathclyde → languageHistoricallySpoken → Cumbric language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumbric
River Sark → hasEtymologyLanguage → Cumbric language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumbric
Britons of Strathclyde → language → Cumbric language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumbric
Proto-Brythonic → ancestorOf → Cumbric language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumbric
Kingdom of Strathclyde → knownFor → Cumbric language ⓘ
Cumberland, England → languageHistoricallySpoken → Cumbric language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cumbric (early medieval)