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Donneés clés sur breton
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Native Speakers Worldwide

206,000

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Elder Speakers

61%%

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Year of info

2012

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Native Speakers Worldwide

250,000

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Year of info

2010

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France

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48.2246,-3.9331

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2007

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"Monolingual and bilingual private schools (Diwan, Dihun, Divyezh) now offer classes in Breton for either full or part time. Some public schools in Brittany also offer Breton as an optional foreign language class."

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Native Speakers Worldwide

240,000

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Year of info

2007

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Brittany, France

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French

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Native Speakers Worldwide

500,045

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There are 500,000 speakers in France (1989 International Committee for the Defense of the Breton Language). There are "1,200,000 [speakers who] know Breton [but] who do not regularly use it."

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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USA; France;

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Native Speakers Worldwide

257,000

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INSEE survey: 257,000 Breton adults report using Breton sometimes to converse with intimates; 111,600 report using English in such situations.

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2009

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Institutions offering support: Office de la Langue Breton (Ofis ar Brezhoneg); Institut Culturel de la Bretagne (ICB); The International Committee for the Defence of the Breton Language; The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML). > 11,000 students receive up to half of their instruction in Breton (< 2% of school-age population of Brittany)

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2005

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48.0,-3.0

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Native Speakers Worldwide

532,722

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  1. A Grammar of Modern Breton
    Press, Ian. 1986. "A Grammar of Modern Breton." 2: Mouton de Gruyter.
  2. Language, Culture and Identity in Brittany: The Sociolinguistics of Breton
  3. Negation, referentiality and boundedness in Gwenenedeg Breton
    Schapansky, Nathalie S. M. 2000. "Negation, Referentiality and Boundedness in Gwenenedeg Breton." Lincom Europa.
  4. Elementary Breton-English Dictionary
    Delaporte, Raymond. 1986. "Elementary Breton-English Dictionary." Cork University Press.
  5. The Breton language
    Ternes, Elmer. 1992. "The Breton Language." In The Celtic languages, edited by D. Macaulay. 371-452. Cambridge University Press.
  6. Breton
    Stephens, Janig. 1993. "Breton." In The Celtic Languages, edited by M. J. Ball. 349-409. Routledge.
  7. Central Breton
    Wmffre, Iwan. 1998. "Central Breton." 152: Lincom Europa.
  8. Discourse pragmatics of NP-initial sentences in Breton
    Timm, Lenora A. 1991. "Discourse Pragmatics of NP-initial Sentences in Breton." In Studies in Brythonic Word Order, edited by James Fife and Erich Poppe. 275-310. John Benjamins.
  9. A Grammar of Modern Breton
    Press, Ian. 1986. "A Grammar of Modern Breton." Mouton de Gruyter.
  10. Grammaire Structurale du Breton de l'Ile de Groix
    Ternes, Elmer. 1970. "Grammaire Structurale Du Breton De L'Ile De Groix." Carl Winter.
  11. Étude Phonétique et Phonologique du Breton Parlé à Argol (Finistere-Sud)
    Bothorel, A. 1982. "Étude Phonétique Et Phonologique Du Breton Parlé à Argol (Finistere-Sud)." Atelier National Reproduction des Thèses, Université Lille III.
  12. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  13. Éléments de la grammaire bretonne
    Hingant, Jean. 1868. "Éléments De La Grammaire Bretonne." Tréguier: A. Le Flem.
  14. Central Breton
    Wmffre, Iwan. 1998. "Central Breton." 152: München: Lincom.
  15. Grammaire Structurale du Breton de l'Ile de Groix
    Ternes, Elmar. 1970. "Grammaire Structurale Du Breton De L'Ile De Groix." Heidelberg: Carl Winter.
  16. Approche phonologique, morphologique et syntaxique du Breton du Grand Lorient (Bas-Vannetais)
    Cheveau, Loïc. Approche Phonologique, Morphologique Et Syntaxique Du Breton Du Grand Lorient (Bas-Vannetais). PhD thesis, Université Européenne de Bretagne, 2007.
  17. Donneés clés sur breton
    Office Public de la Langue Brettone. 2012. "Donneés Clés Sur Breton." Online: http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/langue_bretonne/chiffres_cles/index.php.
    http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/langue_bretonne/chiffres_cles/index.php
  18. Breizheire
    2007. "Breizheire." Online: http://www.breizheire.ie/fr/bretagne/langues/.
    http://www.breizheire.ie/fr/bretagne/langues/
  19. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  20. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  21. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages
    Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X
  22. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
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