Breton language
Celtic language spoken in France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 even less to the Goidelic languages of Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man. Breton has about 240,000 speakers,[2]111 but that number is falling very quickly because the government of France has a policy of using French. As such, Breton is considered to be an endangered language.
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Breton | |
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Brezhonegcode: bre promoted to code: br | |
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 Bretonxbm – Middle Bretonobt – Old Breton |
Linguist List | xbm Middle Breton |
obt Old Breton | |
ELP | Breton |
Linguasphere | 50-ABB-b (varieties:
50-ABB-ba to -be) |
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For the people, see Breton (people).