  BretonLanguage
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Sigma KEE - BretonLanguage
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BretonLanguage
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The BretonLanguage is a BrythonicLanguage of France. SIL code: BRT. ISO 639-1: br. ISO 639-2: bre. Population: 500,000 speakers for whom it is the daily language in France (1989 ICDBL). 1,200,000 know Breton who do not regularly use it. Population total both countries 500,000. Region: Western Brittany, and dispersed in Eastern Brittany and Breton emigrant communities throughout the world. Also spoken in USA. Alternate names: BREZHONEG. Dialects: LEONAIS, TREGORROIS, VANNETAIS, CORNOUAILLAIS. Comments: Some claim to be monolingual in Breton. 18,000 speakers are children under 14 years, 56,250 between 15 and 24, 423,000 between 25 and 64, 168,000 over 65 (1974). No official status. Strong nationalistic movement demanding recognition, a place in the schools, media, and public life. VSO, prepositions, genitives, adjectives, relatives after noun heads, articles, numerals before noun heads, question word initial, probably 2 prefixes, 2 or 3 suffixes on a word, topic or focus first, verb second, verb affixes mark person, number of subject, passives, causatives and comparatives shown lexically, up to 3 consonants syllable initially, and 3 finally, one vowel, nontonal. Literacy rate in first language: 25% can read and write Breton. Radio programs, TV. Bible 1866-1985.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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| Instances | BrythonicLanguage | Of the seven InsularCelticLanguages (CelticLanguages), three are classified as a BrythonicLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | CelticLanguage | A CelticLanguage is any of seven closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in the UnitedKingdom, Ireland, and northern France.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | ContentBearingPhysical | Un Object o Process que expresa contenido. Esto cubre los Objects que contienen una Proposition, como un libro, así como un ManualSignLanguage, por lo que puede contener una Proposition. |
| | Entity | La clase universal de individuos. Es el nodo principal de la ontología. |
| | HumanLanguage | La subclass de Languages usados o sea «lenguajes naturales» por Humans. |
| | IndoEuropeanLanguage | There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | InsularCelticLanguage | All seven CelticLanguages are also classified as an InsularCelticLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | Language | Un sistema de signos para expresar pensamientos. El sistema puede ser natural o artificial, por ejemplo, algo que emerge poco a poco como un artefacto cultural o algo se crea intencionalmente por una persona o grupo de personas. |
| | LanguageFamily | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| | LinguisticExpression | Esta es la subclase de ContentBearingPhysical que es relacionada con idiomas. Note que esta Class abarca ambos Language y los elementos de Languages, por ejemplo Words «palabras». |
| | NaturalLanguage | La subclass de HumanLanguages (lenguajes naturales) que fueron diseñados y que evolucionaron de generación a generación. Esta clase incluye todos los lenguajes nacionales como el inglés, el español y el japonés, etc. Note que esta clase incluye los dialectos de lenguajes naturales. |
| | Physical | Una entidad que tiene ubicación en espacio-tiempo. Note que las ubicaciones se entienden tener sitio en espacio-tiempo. |
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