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Historically, the '''Britons''' (sometimes '''Brythons''' or '''British''') were the [[P-Celtic|P-Celtic speaking]] [[indigenous peoples]] inhabiting the island of [[Great Britain]] south of the [[river Forth]]. They were speakers of the [[Brythonic languages]] (also called P-Celtic) and shared common [[cultural]] traditions. I(contracted; show full)

Some linguistics have invented the terms [[Eastern Brythonic|Eastern]], [[Western Brythonic|Western]] and [[Southwestern Brythonic|Southwestern]] Brythonic to classify how the British language subsequently developed. The Eastern dialect was largely replaced by the invading [[Anglo-Saxons]] and their language. The Western and Southwestern developed into 
[[Cumbric language|Cumbric]], [[Welsh language|Welsh]], [[Cornish language|Cornish]] and, [[Breton language|Breton]], and it is posited that a language called Cumbric (although this name is a modern construction as the name Cumbric does not appear to exist historically)may have developed in the Old North out of Old Welsh. While Welsh, Cornish and Breton survive today, Cumbric if a seperate language became extinct in the 12th Century.

==Territory==
{{main|British Iron Age|Roman Britain|Sub-Roman Britain}}
[[Image:Britain 500 CE.png|thumb|right|450px|The British Isles during the [[Anglo-Saxon]] conquest around 500AD. Brythonic kingdoms are labelled in black, [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] kingdoms in red, [[Picts|Pictish]] kingdoms in brown, and [[Gaels|Gaelic]] kingdoms in blue.]]

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[[gl:Bretóns]]
[[it:Britanni]]
[[lt:Britai (keltai)]]
[[ja:ブリトン]]
[[no:Britonere]]
[[ru:Бритты]]
[[uk:Брити]]