The evidence suggests that by the first century AD, the language spoken in Wales - and throughout southern Britain - was Brythonic, a Celtic language closely related to the Gaulish of Gaul.

The first town in Wales, it came to have a population of ... It did, however, have an impact upon it, for Brythonic absorbed Latin words for things like forts, windows, rooms and books, words ...

Thus, he may have arranged for some of the Votadini or Gododdin (the Brythonic-speaking people living on the banks of the Firth of Fourth) to settle in north-west Wales to resist the incursions of ...

It is likely Peredur was a Brythonic prince ruling over a region in Northern England. He has a father, Efrawg, believed to be etymologically linked to York. Efrawg dies when Peredur is young ...