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Will young people be the saviours of France's endangered Breton language?

At the Diwan school in Vannes, lessons – and signage – are in the Breton language. © Aurore Lartigue/RFI

Brittany – Half of France's regional languages are considered 'seriously endangered' according to Unesco, but in the west of the country, where the decline in Breton speakers has accelerated in recent years, a network of schools is fighting the decline.

"Demat!" Greetings echo through the corridors of the Diwan secondary school in Vannes. In the entrance hall, Gabriella and her classmates are filling a whiteboard with words of farewell and thanks – "kenavo" and "trugarez" – for someone who is leaving.

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