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Breton (Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany, France. Breton is a Brythonic language, descended from the Celtic
British language brought from Great Britain to Armorica by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages. Like the other
Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as an Insular Celtic language. Breton is most closely related to
Cornish, as both are thought to have evolved from a Southwestern Brythonic protolanguage. The other regional language of Brittany,
Gallo, is a langue d'oïl derived from Latin and is consequently relatively close to French. Having declined from more than
one million speakers around 1950 to about 200,000 in the first decade of the 21st century, of whom 61% are more than 60 years
old, Breton is classified as severely endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. However, the number
of children attending bilingual classes has risen 33% between 2006 and 2012 to 14,709. |
Names (more)[en] Breton, Middle |
Language type : Ancient
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