Breton language

Breton
	Brezhoneg
Native to	France
Region	Brittany
Native speakers	206,000 (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Brythonic Breton; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-1	br
ISO 639-2	bre
ISO 639-3	Variously:; bre – Modern Breton; xbm – Middle Breton; obt – Old Breton
Linguist List	xbm Middle Breton
	obt Old Breton
Linguasphere	50-ABB-b (varieties: 50-ABB-ba to -be)

Road sign in two languages (in Kemper/Quimper)

Breton (Brezhoneg, in Breton) is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany, in the north-west of France. Breton is closely related to the Cornish language of Cornwall spoken in south-west Great Britain. It is less closely related to Welsh, and the Goidelic languages of Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man. The Breton language has about 240,000 speakers,^[2]¹¹¹ but this number is falling very quickly due to the French government's policy of using French. As such, Breton is considered to be an endangered language.

References[change | change source]

↑ Fañch Broudic, 2009. Parler breton au XXIe siècle – Le nouveau sondage de TMO-Régions. (including data from 2007: 172,000 speakers in Lower Brittany; slightly under 200,000 in whole Brittany; 206,000 including students in bilingual education)
↑ O'Reilly, Camille (2001). Language, Ethnicity and the State: Minority languages in the European Union, Volume 1. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 033392925X. Retrieved 31 March 2011. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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Breton
Brezhonegcode: bre promoted to code: br
Native to	France
Region	Brittany
Native speakers	206,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Brythonic Breton
Writing system	Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`br`
ISO 639-2	`bre`
ISO 639-3	Variously: `bre` – Modern Breton `xbm` – Middle Breton `obt` – Old Breton
Linguist List	`xbm` Middle Breton
	`obt` Old Breton
Linguasphere	`50-ABB-b (varieties: 50-ABB-ba to -be)`