Before the coming of the Roman empire, Celtic languages were spoken across Europe. Present day placenames indicate the extent ...

The Romans introduced writing, and Latin borrowings began to show up in the Brittonic language. The effective conquest by Rome started in 43 AD. By around 70 AD all of Britain save northern ...

The effective conquest by Rome started in 43 AD. By around 70 AD all of Britain save northern Scotland had fallen under Roman rule. Known as the province of Brittania (probably from a Brittonic word ...

Two main groups of languages developed in the British Isles: Goidelic in Ireland, and Brittonic in present-day Wales, England and Southern Scotland. The majority of European languages, including ...

Did you know that back in time, people in the South Hams spoke a variety of Cornish (or Kernewek)? Cornish itself is derived from a Celtic language called Southwestern Brittonic which died out in the ...