France's Eurovision song was in Breton -- a language whose existence the government doesn't even acknowledge. From a million speakers back in the 1950s to less than 200,000 today, Breton is at high risk of going extinct. Mostly because France tried to kill it off.

Chapters:

00:00 - 00:32 Intro
00:32 - 01:27 What's the deal between France and Breton?
01:27 - 02:50 Why bringing Breton to Eurovision
02:51 - 04:18 France's suppression of Breton
04:18 - 05:37 The Breton TikToker
05:37 - 06:40 Breton-only schools
06:40 - 07:20 The Constitutional Council's decision

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There are more than 7,000 languages in the world, and around 40% of them are disappearing. Unesco estimates show that every two weeks, a language disappears. Raising voices is ENTR's series about Europe's disappearing languages and the people fighting to save them.

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