History
Cornish evolved from the British language spoken throughout Britain south of the Firth of Forth during the Iron Age and Roman period. As a result of westward Anglo-Saxon expansion, the Britons of the south-west of the island were separated from those in modern-day Wales. Some scholars have proposed that this split took place after the Battle of Deorham in about 577. The western dialect eventually evolved into modern Welsh and the now extinct Cumbric, whilst south-western Brythonic became Cornish and Breton, the latter developing as a result of emigration to the continent over the following centuries.
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