Breton language

Breton
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
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 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
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
ELP	Breton
Linguasphere	`50-ABB-b (varieties:50-ABB-ba to -be)`