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date: 14 December 2024

Welsh Family Names 

Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names
Author(s):
Hywel Wyn OwenHywel Wyn Owen

The Celtic languages in Britain are divided broadly into two branches, the Goedelic (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx) and the Brythonic or Brittonic (Breton, Cornish, and Welsh). Philologists customarily distinguish between the two branches by denoting them as Q-Celtic and P-Celtic, respectively, based on one of the phonological divergences between the two families whereby ... ...

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