Posts Tagged ‘breton’

why don’t they learn and speak their own language?

Friday, November 13th, 2009

i’ve read some time ago that only 4.93 % of welsh people speak welsh, and i know it’s the same in Ireland and Scottland with gaelic and in France with breton, provençal. i know they should also speak english and french because is the official language, but I think they(irish, scottish, welsh) should learn how [...]

What is the most spoke Celtic Language?

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The Celtic Languages are:
Welsh
Breton
Manx
Irish
Scottish
Cornish
Scottish is only spoken by 60,000 people though.
I just looked it up, Irish has 400,000 speakers. With 1,000,000 with limited Knowledge. Welsh has 750,000 speakers and 1,500,000 knowledgeable people.

Do the Welsh speak the best English?

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

You are wright there K wilson my first language is Welsh but it isn’t odd it’s the language of our home our community and our country we know no different. And Welsh is not welsh gaelic it’s Brythonic. Gaelic is another group Goidelic . Goidelic consists of Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manz whereas Brythonic consists [...]

What’s you’re favorite celtic language and why?

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Celtic languages are
Welsh,Irish,Scottish Gaelic,Manx,Cornish and Breton!
My favorite is welsh because it’s my mother tongue my first language and i love it’s poetical rhythm! Also i think it’s just a beautiful language.

Are the languages Breton, Cornish and Welsh all mutually understandable?

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

I know all 3 languages are within 20 to 25% of each other of being the same language, but can speakers of one language understand the other 2? I’ve been told that this is true of Cornish and Breton, but what about welsh?