Re: Bede died (25-5-735)

On 27/05/24 03:39, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

On 2024-05-26, Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote:
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‘Haec in praesenti, iuxta numerum librorum, quibus lex diuina scripta est, quinque
gentium linguis, unam eandemque summae ueritatis et uerae sublimitatis scientiam
scrutatur, et confitetur, Anglorum uidelicet, Brettonum, Scottorum, Pictorum et
Latinorum, quae meditatione scripturarum ceteris omnibus est facta communis.’
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“Five language communities,” I suppose.

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* Anglo-Saxon
* Brittonic
* Gaelic
* Pictish, whatever its affiliation was
* British Latin~Romance

Yes, with levels of "community". Brittonic and Gaelic were related languages , but I doubt that the speakers of those languages knew that, The "British Latin" were those who chose to join the Roman Empire. We don't yet know who the Picts were, apart from guessing a relationship with the Gaels or the Britons. So it's still a little bit fuzzy.
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