Breton
Celtic language spoken in France
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Summary
Breton is a natural language[1]. Breton ranks in the top 6% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,414 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: France[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Subclass of: Brythonic[5], Southwestern Brythonic[6]
- Writing system: Breton alphabet[7], Latin script[8]
- Part of: regional languages of France[9]
- Commons category: Breton language[10]
- Wikimedia language code: br[11]
- Has part(s): Gwenedeg[12], Cornouaille Breton[13], Trégorrois Breton[14]
- Start time: 450[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Breton language[16]
- Language regulatory body: Ofis publik ar brezhoneg[17]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 206,000[18], 107,000[19]
- Described by source: Dictionnaire du patrimoine rennais[20], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23]
- Native label: brezhoneg[24]
- UNESCO language status: 4 severely endangered[25]
- Indigenous to: Brittany[26]
- Female form of label: la langue bretonne[27]
- Hashtag: bzhg[28]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BRE[29]
- Ethnologue language status: 7 Shifting[30]
- Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object[31], V2 word order[32], nominative–accusative language[33], fusional language[34]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[35], feminine[36]
- Has conjugation class: regular Breton conjugation[37]
- Related category: Category:Breton pronunciation[38]
Why It Matters
Breton has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Breton is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]