Also Known As:
Brezhoneg
Dialects & Varieties
- Tregorrois
- Vannetais
- Cornouaillais
- Léonard
Language, Culture and Identity in Brittany: The Sociolinguistics of Breton
Language, Culture and Identity in Brittany: The Sociolinguistics of Breton
Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
257,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
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Speakers
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Location and Context
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
A link to the Brezhoneg language page from the UPenn LDC Language Resource Wiki
A link to breton language Wikisource (Wikimammenn), a free content library of source texts in breton
Pedennoù e brezhoneg :
Notre Père
&
Je vous salue Marie
> 11,000 students receive up to half of their instruction in Breton (< 2% of school-age population of Brittany)