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Really great to see. These languages, sadly largely killed off in the name of I don't know what, are as the final Tolkien quote in the comment says: the senior
by luxpir 1y ago
Really great to see.
These languages, sadly largely killed off in the name of I don't know what, are as the final Tolkien quote in the comment says: the senior languages of Britain.
Fun fact; Cumbria is named in the same way as Cymru, as Welsh was once spoken there too.
I've never seen a video where Welsh/Breton/Cornish speakers have tried to have conversation, but have seen a few Irish/[Scottish] Gaelic conversations.
And at one point way back they all would have been intelligible. Shame it didn't follow the Scandinavian evolution, or they may have had an easier way back from having a "prestige language" take over.
- pqtyw 1y ago> Fun fact; Cumbria is named in the same way as Cymru, as Welsh was once spoken there too. Wasn't that how all Britons referred to themselves throughout what is now England back in the day?
- luxpir 1y agoI'd imagine so, yes, before being pushed back to the edges and corners of the islands. Shame the warrior culture took over a less militarily focused one. History rhymes, no?
- pqtyw 1y agoAnd it's not like Celtic societies were particularly know for their pacifism. Of course its speculation from my side but it wouldn't be surprising if it was related to the Romans effectively "demilitarizing" the local society to reduce the likelihood of rebellions and general civil unrest. That might have worked fine enough as long you had a professional army guarding the borders but when that army was gone everyone was effectively left defenceless. Something like that seemed to have happening in Spain and Gaul as well. Except unlike in Britain the local populations managed to somewhat assimilate their Germanic overlords.