> > >Breton is incredibly similar to Welsh, > > Yeap... and Welsh is incredibly similar to Breton too 8) ... and though I'm > only an absolute beginner in Breton and a non native speaker I can already > **guess** the meaning of **some** (very very very) simple welsh sentences... Which goes to show that the similarity isn't all that incredible. The split in Brythonic, as far as extant or quasi-extant forms is concerned, is between Cornish and Breton on the one hand, and Welsh (a midland dialect) on the other. ************************ Nigel Love Linguistics Cape Town NLOVE@BEATTIE.UCT.AC.ZA ************************