ges . ▁▁ ▁The ▁current ▁border ▁runs ▁from ▁Pl ou ha ▁on ▁the ▁English ▁Channel ▁to ▁the ▁R hu ys ▁Pen ins ula ▁on ▁the ▁Bay ▁of ▁B isc ay . ▁Because ▁of ▁their ▁orig ins ▁and ▁practice , ▁Bre ton ▁and ▁Gal lo ▁can ▁be ▁compared ▁to ▁Scottish ▁G ael ic ▁and ▁Sc ots ▁language ▁in ▁Scotland . ▁Both ▁have ▁been ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁" L ang ues ▁de ▁Bret agne " ▁( l anguages ▁of ▁Brit t any ) ▁by ▁the ▁Regional ▁Council ▁of ▁Brit t any ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁Bre ton ▁ ▁Bre ton ▁is ▁a ▁C elt ic ▁language ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁historical ▁Common ▁Brit ton ic ▁language , ▁and ▁is ▁most ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁Corn ish ▁and ▁Wel sh . ▁It ▁was ▁imported ▁to ▁Western ▁Arm or ica ▁during ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁century ▁by ▁Brit ons ▁fle eing ▁the ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁invasion ▁of ▁Britain . ▁Since ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁long ▁before ▁the ▁union ▁of ▁Brit t any ▁and ▁France , ▁the ▁main ▁administrative ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Brit t any ▁had ▁been ▁French , ▁which ▁had ▁evol ved ▁from ▁Latin . ▁Bre ton ▁remained ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁rural ▁population , ▁but ▁since ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁the ▁b our ge ois ie , ▁the ▁nob ility , ▁and ▁the ▁higher ▁cler gy ▁have ▁spoken ▁French . ▁ ▁Government ▁policies ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries