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.

From ancient Brythonic warlord to mythical chivalric king with a court anywhere from Wales to Glastonbury or as far north as Scotland - it is hard to separate myth, legend and fact. According to ...

Its people, like those of most of Britain, spoke a Celtic language, Brythonic, the language which would eventually evolve into Welsh. In the first century the region had at least five tribal ...