Britonian

**Bretonese Language**

-sC to -esC like in Ibero-Romance and Basque( an eskol)

intervocal b, d, g to approximants like some Basque dialects, not present in Older Bretonese from before the 16th and 17th Centuries

ar

an

gh as spelling convention for /x/ like in Galician; ar margh for “the horse”

Vowel system gradually collapsed into a more 7 or 5 system under influence from Ibero-Romance

Originally written with Spanish spelling conventions like Basque

North and Central Iberia (apical-alveolar sibilants and affricates, heavy verb conjugations, no b-v distinction)

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Regions north of Pontevedra were bilingual in Bretonese and Old Galician-Portuguese even in ancient times, so the loss and retreat of Bretonese was not a total displacement of the language. The only solidly monolingual areas were in the current Britonia region and along Pontevedra and the nearby peninsula

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Large parts of Britonia now speak Spanish as a mother tongue, but 50% of the population have Bretonese as a mother tongue with an additional 15% having a passive understanding. Bretonese was made one of Galicia’s three official languages with preference in Britonia

One in two Britonians speak Bretonese

Breden-Vaur

Breden-Vighan

Kingdom of Galicia and the Britons - Britonian

Bretoña - Bretoñés

Brethoñ - Brethoneg, Brethon

The Bretonese Flag is called the Krois Aur (Golden Cross, Croïs aur in Proto Bruthonic)

Much like Hungary, they often used the name “Gallaecia” in official Latin texts from whence came the official coat of arms of the Three chalices

Annexed much as Galicia was at the same time as OTL

King of Gallaecia and the Britons. Originally Britonian had more prestige as it was the language of the capital Kurunnen and major cities like Sant-Jagu, however the language was increasingly side lined as Galicia grew less important in the united Spanish crowns and lost ground to Galician and Castilian much like Basque

Today , the romance speaking region in the mountains still call their language Galician as a means of identification with their home region

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Brittany - Breden-Vighan - Breden-Vighaneg

Britain - Breden-Vaur - Breden-Vaureg

Britonia - Brezoñ - Brezoneg

Wales - Kembre - Kembreg

Breton:

Brezhoin - Brezhoineg

The Language has been losing ground since the middle ages to Galician and Castilian, and is now mostly spoken only in the areas of the Mindoniense Dialect of Galician OTL from its maximum extent to Pontevedra and Navia River in 900 ad

Modern Britonia is a concello or Province of Galicia in Spain like Val d’Aran but in Galicia and has three official languages, Britonian, Galician and Spanish

Galicia has three oficial, Galician, Britonian and Spanish. In practice there are hardly any Britonian signs outside Britonia and the capital Santiago de Compostela

Galicia is a member of the Celtic Nations under Britonian

http://www.pangalaica.com/britonia/lugares/bretonha.htm

The Bretons were allowed to settle from Sant Forrel to the Navia River in modern Asturias by the Suebians. Smaller Britonian settlements in Monforte de Lemos in Lugo. Western border at Barro to Pontevedra which was bilingual.

The Breton language grew in importance after the Visigoth invasion when the language expanded and the Suebian nobles retreated to Sant-Martin in Britonian speaking areas

There are five modern dialects of Britonian, the moribund Kurunnen which has mostly been replaced by Spanish because of La Coruña and is only spoken in the hinterlands of the city

Mondoñedo

Mondoined Mondoñed

Flag of Galicia but red for St. James’s Cross.

Change patron saint to Saint Ferreol of Gaul who was believed to have evangelized Ferrol.

Flag is a Golden Cross Pattée on a Field of azure with an argent bordure. Same for flag