Celtic

Before - Germanic Angles, Jutes, and Saxons invaded celtic was a major language in the British Isles
Celtic Groups -
2 types - Goidelic (Gaelic) and Brythonic

Cornish - extinct in 1777. Last native speaker was Dolly Pentreath.
Braton - 300,000 people in Brittany still speak it. Similar to French. 10,000 people use Breton more than French.

Goidelic - Irish and Scottish Gaelic survive. Only 75,000 speak in Irish and less than 80,000 in Scotland.
Brythonic (Cymric or Britannic) - speakers fled to Wales. Wales derived from Germanic invaders’ word foreign.

Celtic : Preserving Endangered Languages

Survival - depends on political and military strength of speakers. Celtic declined because Celts lost territory they controlled. In 1300s Irish were forbidden to speak Irish in front of English masters.