The Ins and Outs of Speaking Breton

By Ronan Calvez
English

The development of bilingual French-Breton road signs throughout Brittany is the most visible expression of a language policy that has been implemented for several years by the Regional Council. However, we are faced with a contradiction: the institutions are spreading a form of Breton which cannot be understood by most native speakers. Why?

Keywords

  • breton language
  • sociolinguistics
  • diglossia
  • language planning
  • Brittany
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