Breton spellings [ edit | edit source ]

After several attempts at unifying the spelling, two main spellings exist : the peurunvan ("completely unified" spelling) and the skolveurieg ("university" spelling).

This course uses peurunvan as it is today the most commonly used.

Peurunvan accomodates for dialectal differences. Most notably, the notation "zh" - used in the name "Breizh" ("Brittany") - must be interpreted according to the dialect spoken.

In Leon, it will be most often interpreted as "z" (therefore Breizh is pronounced "Breiz").

In Gwened (and some part of Kerne), it will often be interpreted as "h" (therefore Breizh is pronounced "Breih").

The transcription of "c'h" is also subject to confusion or criticism as pronunciation may widely vary according to the regions.