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Originally Posted by Salaün
I'm not convinced by this solution. 
There's two problems :
- There is also a mixed part in Brittany, between the Breton and Gallo. The dividing line between these two was not always like today : the Romance language expanded into formerly Breton-speaking areas since the 10th century ( the grey part here) :
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Yes Salaün, I'm well aware. I think I've already mentioned a 1/4 of my ancestors hails from this part you call "mixed" (the name of the place they come from is even Brythonic in origin); however, speaking of language, there's nothing "mixed" there given people have not been speaking Breton for, say, 800 years. What's the point of learning a language your ancestors may have spoken centuries ago? Yes, a long time ago my great * n fathers were speaking Brythonic, so what?
The Breton language expansion was like a wave: flow and backward flow, you know. Some part of the beach has been covered by water once, but still it has never been the sea.
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- And there is History : Nantes is the capital of the former Duchy of Brittany, and people of Eastern Brittany also feel Breton.
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I agree. I don't think otherwhise; Nantes was the capital of the former Duchy of Brittany. A striking exemple of how the whole Breton society was led by the Gallo-Bretons.
You Breton extremists would dream about a celtic speaking Brittany, even if the consequence of it would be the complete extinction of non-celtic native traditions, culture and language. So just stop whining about Jacobinism and French, you're the same.