Breton language
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Breton | |
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Brezhoneg | |
Native to | France |
Region | Brittany |
Native speakers | 206,000 (2007)[1] |
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 |
xbm Middle Breton | |
obt Old Breton | |
ELP | Breton |
Linguasphere | 50-ABB-b (varieties:
50-ABB-ba to -be) |
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.
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