Bob and Doris Jones wrote:
> hawker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>> Y Gwrthtroedfedd
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>> Deheuol Tir Anadnabyddus - Australis Terra Incognito
>>
> Diolch ("thank you" yn Cymraeg).
>
> Meur rasta ("thank you" yn Kernewek).
>
> Trugarez ("thank you - merci" e Brezhoneg).
>
> Tapadh leat ("thank you" ann Gaidhlig).
>
> Go raibh maith agat ("thank you" sa Gaeilge).
>
> Gura mie ayd ("thank you" ayns yn Ghaelg).
>
> Yn ***bric, Hawker ?
>
> "***bric was the Brythonic Celtic language centred in ***bria, and
> spoken from lowland Scotland south to Derby****re. ***bric was once
> referred to as North Welsh and Cornish as South Welsh. ... The old
> northern British kingdoms of Rheged and Gododdin spoke Old Welsh, but
> given time, many linguists consider that this tongue was distinguishable
> from Old Welsh at the time of its demise [as a community language].
> [NOTE: They said this of Kernewek and Gaelg too but research has shown
> that the revival of these languages had started before the last native
> speakers had died - in ***bric's case ?] "In the 19th and 20th [and 21st
> ?] centuries sheep counts and children's counting rhymes which [are ?]
> ***bric have been collected throughout northern England: eg Yan, Tan,
> Tethera, Methera, Pim compared to Old Welsh "Un, Dou, Tri, Petwar,
Pimp".
>
>
Further on this:
"Much of the origin and character of the ***bric language remain a
mystery. Apart from several insignificant Latin observational texts and
place names, the language is today undo***ented [not anymore - Hawker
has done it]. What is known is that the language was Brythonic Insular
Celtic, most likely descended from Old North Welsh, related to the
presumed Brythonic Pictish language, and progressively more distantly,
to Cornish. Due to its location, words of Gaelic and Scandinavian origin
may have enriched the language.
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Reconstructions
Reconstructed cognates in the language only number around 50, and the
Celtic Culture of Northwest England has long since been forgotten [not
completely it seems]. Despite this, several forms of "Revived" ***bric
are in their infancies. One is noted to be very similar to Old Welsh,
while the other re-creates a hypothetical, distinct language
representing what the language may have been like today had it never
died out. The internet will no doubt provide a valuable resource for the
"revival" of these languages."
Source with my modifications as shown [thus]:
http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/***bric
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