Brest

Brest
Brest
Pronunciation	[ˈbrest]
Created by	Nicolas Campi
Date	2010
Setting	Alt-history Europe, Northwestern France
Native to	Brestig
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Brittonic Southwestern Brest
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Celtic Old Brittonic
Standard form	Eastern Brestig dialect
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Brest
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ybr

Brest (/ˈbɹɛst/; Brest: brest [ˈbrest] or brestig [ˈbrestig]) is an a posteriori brittonic altlang spoken in rural areas of northwestern France.

It exhibits notable germanic influence and substrate, along with many borrowings from both a substrate germanic language and French. It is believed by some to have arised after the creation of a creole in the area, although many scholars dispute this idea vehemently.

Orthography

The alphabet consists of 26 letters, six of which are vowels and 20 consonants. Contractions make use of the apostrophe to mark vowel omission.

Letters of the Brest alphabet
Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Ññ	Oo	Pp	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Vhvh	Ww	Yy	Zz	Zhzh

Non-native letters may occur in some foreign words or proper nouns, chiefly in toponyms and given names.

Sample texts

Yi lovh vi, lovh-vu mi? Mañc di vir, ma lovh mar.

I love you, do you love me? Without you my love withers.

Queth gammir, pur no brenn lovhin.

Pray with me, for our beloved king.

Ur brenn wynn zi lovhin pur hi leyd.

A good king is loved by his people.