At the beginning of the 20th century, half of the population of Lower Brittany knew only Breton; the other half were bilingual. By 1950, there were only 100,000 monolingual Bretons, and this rapid decline has continued, with likely no monolingual speakers left today. A statistical survey in 1997 found around 300,000 speakers in Lower Brittany, of whom about 190,000 were aged 60 or older. Few 15- to 19-year-olds spoke Breton. In 1993, parents were finally legally allowed to give their children Breton names.
At the beginning of the 20th century half of the population of Lower Brittany knew only Breton; the other half were bilingual By 1950 there were only 100000 monolingual Bretons and this rapid decline has continued with likely no monolingual speakers left today A statistical survey in 1997 found around 300000 speakers in Lower Brittany of whom about 190000 were aged 60 or older Few 15- to 19-year-olds spoke Breton In 1993 parents were finally legally allowed to give their children Breton names