Comments on: Are the languages Breton, Cornish and Welsh all mutually understandable? http://www.talkwelsh.net/are-the-languages-breton-cornish-and-welsh-all-mutually-understandable.htm Discover More About The Welsh Language - Right Here! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:25:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rolyn- yn flîn ddiawledig http://www.talkwelsh.net/are-the-languages-breton-cornish-and-welsh-all-mutually-understandable.htm/comment-page-1#comment-704 Rolyn- yn flîn ddiawledig Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:21:17 +0000 http://www.talkwelsh.net/are-the-languages-breton-cornish-and-welsh-all-mutually-understandable.htm#comment-704 No....I'm a fluent Welsh speaker and can't speak either of the other two... eg..."Our Father who art in heaven"... Welsh..." Ein Tad, yr hwn wyt yn y nefoedd". Cornish.."Agan tas ny, us yn nef ." I don't know what it is in Breton. (Breton has 'z' in its alphabet). Cymro...diddorol iawn, mi ydwi wedi dysgu rhywbeth heddiw...diolch. Cymro's answer was very interesting..I hadn't been aware of that. No….I’m a fluent Welsh speaker and can’t speak either of the other two…

eg…"Our Father who art in heaven"…

Welsh…" Ein Tad, yr hwn wyt yn y nefoedd".

Cornish.."Agan tas ny, us yn nef ."

I don’t know what it is in Breton. (Breton has ‘z’ in its alphabet).

Cymro…diddorol iawn, mi ydwi wedi dysgu rhywbeth heddiw…diolch.
Cymro’s answer was very interesting..I hadn’t been aware of that.

]]> By: cajundancemathews http://www.talkwelsh.net/are-the-languages-breton-cornish-and-welsh-all-mutually-understandable.htm/comment-page-1#comment-705 cajundancemathews Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:21:17 +0000 http://www.talkwelsh.net/are-the-languages-breton-cornish-and-welsh-all-mutually-understandable.htm#comment-705 I'm a fluent welsh speaker and I cannot understand any of Cornish / Breton. They're languages that prospered isolated of each other. I’m a fluent welsh speaker and I cannot understand any of Cornish / Breton. They’re languages that prospered isolated of each other.

]]> By: Cymro i'r Carn http://www.talkwelsh.net/are-the-languages-breton-cornish-and-welsh-all-mutually-understandable.htm/comment-page-1#comment-706 Cymro i'r Carn Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:21:17 +0000 http://www.talkwelsh.net/are-the-languages-breton-cornish-and-welsh-all-mutually-understandable.htm#comment-706 I am a native welsh speaker and i can't understand Breton at all its too heavy influenced by french but i understand the odd word. As for cornish on the other hand i understand a great great deal and can follow news casts on the internet and everything. Must be noted that i am from South Wales and Southern Welsh is closer to Cornish than northern Welsh for example Cwympo is the southern word for falling and its kempo or something similar in Cornish. Examples Deus yma - Dere yma As yw brav - Mae'n braf Koes - Coes Gwydh - Gwydd Menydh - Mynydd Gavr - Gafr Peskoden - Pysgodyn Tas - Tad Peswar - Pedwar Pemp - Pimp Whegh - Chwech Gweles - Gweld Wel mae pawb yn dysgu rhywbeth newydd Rolyn :). Mae wir yn diddorol gyda Chernyweg ac mae'n werth i ti ceisio dysgu rhyw mymryn o'r iaith mae'r cystrawen a'r treiglo a'r rheolau gramadeg i gyd yr un peth a'r Gymraeg. Enghraifft yw Gwerthjy - Siop (Gwerth-dy) I am a native welsh speaker and i can’t understand Breton at all its too heavy influenced by french but i understand the odd word. As for cornish on the other hand i understand a great great deal and can follow news casts on the internet and everything. Must be noted that i am from South Wales and Southern Welsh is closer to Cornish than northern Welsh for example

Cwympo is the southern word for falling and its kempo or something similar in Cornish.

Examples

Deus yma – Dere yma
As yw brav – Mae’n braf
Koes – Coes
Gwydh – Gwydd
Menydh – Mynydd
Gavr – Gafr
Peskoden – Pysgodyn
Tas – Tad
Peswar – Pedwar
Pemp – Pimp
Whegh – Chwech
Gweles – Gweld

Wel mae pawb yn dysgu rhywbeth newydd Rolyn :) . Mae wir yn diddorol gyda Chernyweg ac mae’n werth i ti ceisio dysgu rhyw mymryn o’r iaith mae’r cystrawen a’r treiglo a’r rheolau gramadeg i gyd yr un peth a’r Gymraeg.

Enghraifft yw

Gwerthjy – Siop
(Gwerth-dy)

]]> By: Sam http://www.talkwelsh.net/are-the-languages-breton-cornish-and-welsh-all-mutually-understandable.htm/comment-page-1#comment-707 Sam Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:21:17 +0000 http://www.talkwelsh.net/are-the-languages-breton-cornish-and-welsh-all-mutually-understandable.htm#comment-707 Not completely but you can understand the jist of sentences in the other languages I speak Cornish so it's probably easier for me, it's in the middle of Welsh and Breton. It is probably harder for Welsh and Breton to understand each other, and vice versa Not completely but you can understand the jist of sentences in the other languages

I speak Cornish so it’s probably easier for me, it’s in the middle of Welsh and Breton. It is probably harder for Welsh and Breton to understand each other, and vice versa

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