brezhoneg

Breton

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brezhoneg

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Alternative forms

brezoneg (Skolveurieg)

Etymology

From brezhon +‎ -eg.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʁəˈzɔ̃ːnɛk/, /bʁəˈzɔ̃ːnək/, /bʁeˈzõːnɛk/
- (Gwened) IPA^(key): /bɾəhɔ̃ˈnek/

Proper noun

brezhoneg m

the Breton language

Usage notes

Learners of Breton whose first/primary language is French usually mispronounce brezhoneg as [bʁezɔˈnɛːk], since their Breton is acquired visually from writing (via misreading Breton spelling as French spelling) rather than acquired aurally from native speakers (as native speakers of any language typically learn as children from other native speakers). In almost all Breton dialects except Vannetais (with final-syllable stress) the second-last syllable is heavily accented, and any vowel before and after this main stress tends to become centralised. French-speaking learners are usually unaware of this phonological rule and thus replace Breton sounds with French sounds.^[1]

Derived terms

brezhoneger

Mutation

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Mutation of *brezhoneg*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
brezhoneg	vrezhoneg	unchanged	prezhoneg

References

^ P. Noyer (2019) The Breton of the canton of Briec (PhD thesis), University of Sydney, page 72

Ian Press (1986) A grammar of modern Breton, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 7

[1] P. Noyer (2019) The Breton of the canton of Briec (PhD thesis), University of Sydney, page 72

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