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Breton in France
Language designations:
- In the language itself: Brezhoneg
- ISO 639-3 standard: bre
Language vitality:
Linguistic aspects:
- Classification: Indo-European → Celtic → Celtiberian → Nuclear Celtic → TGB Celtic → Insular Celtic → Brythonic → Southwestern Brythonic → Breton
Language standardization:
Demographics
Language Area
operating instructions
Various functions are available as part of the map.
mouse/touch operation
- moving by grabbing the map with a mouse-click you can move the map around
- overview map using the < button in the bottom right of the map you can expand an overview map
- zooming in and out using the + and - buttons in the top left of the map you can obtain more or less detail in the map
- switching themes or maps clicking on the ≡ icon on the right-hand side of the map you can view and select available maps and themes
- retrieving information the map may contain elements that contain more information, by clicking these a popup will show this information
- fullscreen display using the ⛶ button the map can be maximized to fullscreen display, use the ▢ button to return to page display.
keyboard operation
Keyboard operation becomes available after activating the map using the tab key (the map will show a focus indicator ring).
- moving using the arrow keys you can move the map
- overview map using the + button in the bottom right of the map you can expand an overview map
- zooming in and out using the + and - buttons in the top left of the map or by using the + and - keys you can obtain more or less detail in the map
- switching themes or maps clicking on the ≡ icon on the right-hand side of the map you can view and select available maps and themes
- retrieving information the map may contain elements that contain more information, using the i key you can activate a cursor that may be moved using the arrow keys, pressing the enter will execute an information retrieval. press the i or the escape key to return to navigation mode
- fullscreen display using the ⛶ button the map can be maximized to fullscreen display, use the ▢ button to return to page display.
It's possible that some of the functions or buttons describe above have been disabled by the page author or the administrator
id | symbol | latitude | longitude | description |
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Europe | ||||
1 | 48.25º | -3.79º | Brittany, France |
Speaker numbers
Language and education legislation:
History of language education:
European language legislation:
Breton is not covered under the Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. France has not ratified the the Charter.
National language legislation:
Educational legislation:
Education in practice
14,710 children (corresponding to 2.4% of school children in Brittany) will be learning Breton 2012 and 2013, opposed to 5 children in 1985. Few learners reach a reasonable level of fluency. 1)
Bodies controlling enforcement of educational laws:
Learning resources and educational institutions:
- Wikitongues lesson in numbers and phrases
- Wikiversity language lessons
- Ni a gomz brezhoneg, a Breton-English learning book made available online
- Endangered languages with Breton resources
Mercator's Regional Dossier:
Read more about Breton language education in Mercator's Regional Dossier (2019).