TheBrythonic leids (kent as theBrittonic leids orBreetish leids forby) form ane o the twa brainches o theInsular Celticfaimily o leids, the ither beingGoidelic. The nameBrythonic wis derived by Sir John Rhys frae theWelsh wirdBrython, meanin an indigenousBriton as contrair tae anAnglo-Saxon orGael. The nameBrittonic comes ultimately frae the namePrettanic recorded by Greek authors for theBreetish Isles. Some authors reser the termBrittonic for the modified later Brythonic leids efter aboot the year 600.
Thae leids hae been spoken in theBreetish Isles (includin theIsle o Mann) sin at laist theAirn Age till the day, oreeginally as the majority leids but nou as minority anes inWales anCornwall. In Ireland, the Isle o Mann an Scotland the Brythonic leids hae been replaced by Goedelic anes. By emigration there are communities o Brythonic leid speakers inBrittany, anPatagonia an aw.
