Language in Loire-Atlantique

Language in Loire-Atlantique

In addition to the French, several languages are or were traditionally spoken in Loire-Atlantique:

the Gallo was spoken in the North-West about the Loire-Atlantique. Language of oil present in High-Brittany (Ille-et-Vilaine, two thirds is Coast-with Armor, third is Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique), near to the Mayennais, the Gallo - which saw its influence decreasing as from the moment when migratory balance coming from Brittany stopped - is at present almost threatened of extinction.

the Breton Language, Celtic Language, is or was spoken at several places, for example in the peninsula of Guérande; the Breton language was used there until the beginning of the 20th century and the last speaker died in Batz-on-Sea, at the village of Kermoisan, in 1965. In addition, certain popular quarters of Nantes as Chantenay were also Breton-speaking until in the years 1920 to 1930, consequence of “the immigration” of people originating in parts of Brittany where one spoke Breton.

Nowadays, balanced manpower that provides the investigation Étude of the family history , carried out by INSEE in 1999 are of more than 6 500 speakers of Breton of more than 18 years for this only département . In particular manpower of the bilingual schools are added to it which were assembled to 393 pupils to the re-entry 2005 or the pupils following of the courses of Breton in the public corporations of the secondary (more than 150 at the time of school year 2001/2002).

the part of the department located at the south of the Loire spoke a dialect influenced by the dialect poitevin.

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