Brithenig


Brithenig is an invented language, or constructed language. It was created as a hobby in 1996 by Andrew Smith from New Zealand, who also invented the alternate history of Ill Bethisad to "explain" it.
Brithenig was not developed to be used in the real world, like Esperanto or Interlingua, nor to provide detail to a work of fiction, like Klingon from the Star Trek franchise. Rather, Brithenig started as a thought experiment to create a Romance language that might have evolved if Latin had displaced the native Celtic language as the spoken language of the people in Great Britain.
The result is an artificial sister language to French, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Occitan and Italian which differs from them by having sound-changes similar to those that affected Welsh, and words that are borrowed from the Brittonic languages and from English throughout its pseudo-history. One important distinction between Brithenig and Welsh is that while Welsh is P-Celtic, Latin was a Q-Italic language, and this trait was passed onto Brithenig.
Similar efforts to extrapolate Romance languages are Breathanach, Judajca, Þrjótrunn, Wenedyk, and Xliponian. It has also inspired Wessisc, a hypothetical Germanic language influenced by contact with Old Celtic.
Brithenig was granted the code BZT as part of.
Andrew Smith was one of the conlangers featured in the exhibit "Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond: The World of Constructed Languages" displayed at the Cleveland Public Library from May through August 2008. Smith's creation of Brithenig was cited as the reason for his inclusion in the exhibit.

Vocabulary

Most of Brithenig's vocabulary is distinctively Romance, even though it is disguised as Welsh. The following list of 30 words gives an impression of what Brithenig looks like in comparison to nine other Romance languages including Wenedyk, and to Welsh. The similarity of about one-quarter of the Welsh words to Brithenig words is due to their common Indo-European background, although a few others, such as ysgol, were borrowings from Latin into Welsh.
EnglishBrithenigLatinPortugueseGalicianSpanishCatalanOccitanFrenchItalianRhaeto-RomanceFriulianRomanianWenedykWelsh
armbreichbrachiumbraçobrazobrazobraçbraçbrasbracciobratschbraçbraţbroczbraich
blacknîrnĭger, nĭgrumnegronegronegronegrenegrenoirneronairnerinegruniegry
city, townciwdadcīvĭtās, cīvĭtātemcidadecidadeciudadciutatciutatcitécittàcitadcitâtoraş, cetateczytać
deathmorthmŏrs, mŏrtemmortemortemuertemortmòrtmortmortemortmuartmoartemroć
dogcancaniscão, cachorrocanperro, cangos, cagos, canchiencanechauncjancâinekań
earoriglauris, aurĭcŭlaorelhaorellaorejaorellaaurelhaoreilleorecchiouregliaoreleurecheurzykła
eggewovumovoovohuevoouuòuœufuovoovûfouówwy
eyeoglŏcŭlusolhoolloojoulluèlhœilocchioeglvoliochiokieł
fatherpadrpater, patrempaipaipadreparepairepèrepadrebabparitatăpoterz
fireffogignis, fŏcusfogolume, fogofuegofocfuòcfeufuocofieufûcfocfok
fishpiscpĭscispeixepeixepez, pescadopeixpeispoissonpescepeschpespeştepieszczpysgodyn
footpeddpĕs, pĕdempépépiepeupèpiedpiedepepîtpiciorpiedź
friendefigamīcusamigoamigoamigoamicamicamiamicoamiamìamicomik
greengwirddvĭrĭdisverdeverdeverdeverdverdvertverdeverdvertverdewierdzigwyrdd
horsecafallĕquus, cabălluscavalocabalocaballocavallcavalchevalcavallochavalcjavalcalkawałceffyl
Ieoĕgoeueuyojoieujeiojaujoeujo
islandyslīnsŭlailhaillaislaillaisclaîleisolainslaisuleinsulăizła
language, tonguellinghedig, llingwlĭngualíngualingualenguallengualengalanguelingualinguatg, lieungalenghelimbălęgwa
lifegwidvītavidavidavidavidavidavievitavitaviteviaţăwita
milkllaethlac, lactisleiteleitelechelletlachlaitlattelatglatlaptełocllaeth
namenônnōmennomenomenombrenomnomnomnomenumnonnumenumię
nightnoethnŏx, nŏctemnoitenoitenochenitnuèchnuitnottenotggnotnoaptenoc
oldgweglvĕtus, vĕtŭlusvelhovelloviejovellvièlhvieuxvecchioveglvielivechiwiekły
schoolyscolschŏlaescolaescolaescuelaescolaescòlaécolescuolascolascueleşcoalăszkołaysgol
skycelcaelumcéuceocielocelcèlcielcielotschielcîlcerczał
starystuilstēllaestrelaestrelaestrellaestelestelaétoilestellastailastelesteaścioła
toothdentdēns, dĕntemdentedentedientedentdentdentdentedentdintdintedzięćdant
voicegwgvōx, vōcemvozvozvozveuvotzvoixvocevuschvôsvocewucz
wateragaquaáguaaugaaguaaiguaaigaeauacquaauaagheapăjekwa
windgwentvĕntusventoventovientoventventventventoventvintvântwiętgwynt

Example