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In 1945, Breton speakers consisted about 75% of the population. Today, in all of Brittany, at most 20% of the population can speak Breton. 75% of the estimated 200,000 to 250,000 Breton speakers using Breton as an everyday language are over the age of 65.
The recognized stages of the Breton language are: Old Breton – c. 800 to c. 1100, Middle Breton – c. 1100 to c. 1650, Modern Breton – c. 1650 to present. [ 9 ] The French monarchy was not concerned with the minority languages of France , spoken by the lower classes, and required the use of French for government business as part of its ...
Revitalisation movements in the 2000s led to the reemergence of native speakers for both languages following their adoption by adults and children. [8] [9] By the 21st century, there were roughly one million total speakers of Celtic languages, [10] increasing to 1.4 million speakers by 2010. [11]
*artos 'bear' > Welsh/Cornish arth, Breton arzh, compare Old Irish art; Nasal assimilation: Voiced stops were assimilated to a preceding nasal: Brittonic retains original nasals before -t and -k, whereas Goidelic alters -nt to -d, and -nk to -g: Breton kant 'hundred' vs. Irish céad; Breton Ankou '[personification of] Death', Irish éag 'die'
The following is a table of European languages. The number of speakers as a first or second language (L1 and L2 speakers) listed are speakers in Europe only; [nb 1] see list of languages by number of native speakers and list of languages by total number of speakers for global estimates on numbers of speakers. [citation needed]
At the beginning of the 21st century, it was estimated that about one-tenth of Breton speakers lived in Upper Brittany. [8] Gallo, like the Breton language, was until recently highly stigmatized, and its use declined steeply during the 20th century. Attempts are now made to revitalize it, with schools playing a role in this, but it is largely ...
[4] [7] The term was first used by Breton speakers, which may explain why it is used rarely by Gallo speakers themselves. Henriette Walter conducted a survey in 1986 which showed that just over 4% of Gallo speakers in Côtes-d'Armor had ever used the term, and a third of them found it "had quite a pejorative connotation".
You might wish to consider your remarks regarding the Breton wikipedia that you left on the Breton language talk page last year in the light of the fact that Breton is the Celtic language with the most articles by far on the Wikipedia and is soon to move up to the 10,000 mark.