Breton
RegionFrance (Brittany)
FamilyIndo-European (Celtic)
Speakers200,000 speakers
ScriptLatin
TypeAlphabetic
About Breton
The Celtic language of Brittany in northwest France. Brought from Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries, kin to Welsh rather than to ancient Gaulish. Schoolchildren were once punished for speaking it. Diwan immersion schools now graduate bilinguals. The most spoken Celtic language after Welsh.
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