The Newsletter Brittany


The Newsletter Brittany, published by the Canadian ICDBL, contains a wealth of information on many topics related to the Breton language and culture, as well as the other Celtic languages and cultures of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and the Isle of Man. Here are some featured titles from recent newsletters.

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In the August 2000 issue of Brittany:
  • Yezh ha Bro/Language and Country - Jeffrey D. O'Neill
  • Excerpts from Kannadig
  • Contact Bulletin excerpts - (EBLUL)
  • Beginnings In The Celtic World, Heinrich Wagner - University of Toronto
  • The Grammatical Structure of the Celtic Languages, Elmar Turnes
  • The Diwan Schools - News On Negotiations - From Bro Nevez
  • Euskareren Berripapera (The Deputy Ministry for Language Policy of the Basque Government)
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • Donations to Diwan for Canadians
  • Celtica (reprinted from CARN)
  • News from Alba, Breizh, Cymru, Eire, Kernow, Mannin
  • Reference Maps
  • Index of ICDBL Branches/Membership


In the April 2000 issue of Brittany:
  • February In Brittany: Research Field Trip on the Breton Language - Jeffrey D. O'Neill
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • Donations to Diwan for Canadians
  • Diwan Communique
  • Kannadig: Miz Ebrel
  • Making Good Boundaries: An Interview with Sociolinguist Joshua Fishman
  • The Appeal of Carhaix, translation by Lois Kuter
  • Contact Bulletin, excerpts
  • Celtica (reprinted from Carn)
  • News from Alba, Breizh, Cymru, Eire, Kernow, Mannin
  • Reference Maps
  • ICDBL Directory


In the January 2000 issue of Brittany:
  • Continued expansion of Breton medium education 1999/2000
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • Donations to Diwan for Canadians
  • Excerpts from Contact Bulletin (The European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages)
  • New Breton Language Bureau opens in Carhaix/Karaez
  • Contact Bulletin-Sixteen Years On
  • Critical Mass in Cornwall?
  • Newsletter of the Basque Deputy Ministry for Language Policy
  • Excerpts from Kannadig (The UGB or Breton Language Teachers Union)
  • Excerpts from Gaelscoileanna (The Irish Medium School Organisation)
  • Excerpts from Carn (Magazine of the Celtic League)
  • News updates: Alba, Breizh, Cymru, Eire, Kernow, Mannin
  • Celtica
  • Reference Maps
  • ICDBL Directory


In the October 1999 issue of Brittany:
  • Continued Expansion of Celtic Medium Education 1999/2000
  • Bilingual Breton/French Education 1999/2000
  • Education in the Celtic Languages, Provisional estimates for 1999/2000
  • Population, Language use and Education in the Celtic countries 1999/2000
  • Welsh Medium Education
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • Donations to Diwan for Canadians
  • Letter to President Chirac from ICDBL Belgium
  • Alan Heusaff, 1921-1999, Breton Patriot
  • Support for Brittany in Scotland, Edinburgh Demonstration
  • Union of Bretons in Belgium
  • Basque and Rhaeto-Rumantsch
  • Language use in the home in Euzkadi
  • First language in Euzkadi
  • Competence in the Basque language
  • Basque Language Statistics
  • The language and literature of Rhaeto-Rumantsch
  • Diwan + Dihun + Div Yezh 1999/2000
  • The Press!
  • Excerpts from Kannadig
  • Excerpts from Bro Nevez
  • Excerpts from CARN
  • News Updates: Alba, Breizh, Cymru, Eire, Kernow, Mannin
  • Celtic League AGM in Kernow
  • New Manx Stamps
  • Air ais dhan Am ri Teachd, Brude MacMaelcon
  • Gaelscoileanna Press Release
  • Roman Britain
  • Reference Maps
  • ICDBL Directory


In the July 1999 issue of Brittany:
  • Progress in the Celtic World
  • May 6, 1999, France signs the European Charter for minority languages
  • Donations to Diwan for Canadians
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • Maps and charts
  • Education in the Celtic Languages (primary) September 1998/99
  • Education in the Celtic Languages and the Basque Region (total) September 1998/99
  • Graph illustrating absolute numbers and percentages of students in Celtic countries and Euzkadi
  • Numbers of students in the five departments of Brittany
  • The Continuing Progress of Education Through the Celtic Languages and the Changing Cultural Milieu
  • The University Scene
  • Historical Background and the Failure of England and France to Assimilate the Celtic Nations
  • Dialects and Standardisation in the Celtic Languages
  • Language Policy in the Basque Autonomous Region
  • A Public Statute for Diwan
  • Public support for the Diwan Statute
  • The Never-Ending Story of Lycee Diwan, ninety homeless teenagers
  • "The Reconquest!" by Marcel Texier
  • Excerpts from Kannadig Miz Mae 1999
  • Excerpts from Contact Bulletin
  • Celtica, courtesy of Carn Magazine - updates from Scotland, Brittany, Wales, Ireland, Cornwall and the Isle of Man
  • Reference Maps
  • ICDBL Directory


In the April 1999 issue of Brittany:
  • A Regional Public Statute for Diwan
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • Donations to Diwan for Canadians
  • Contact Bulletin, March Excerpts
  • Excerpts from Kannadig, from the Union of Breton Teachers
  • Celtica, courtesy of Carn Magazine - updates from Scotland, Brittany, Wales, Ireland, Cornwall and the Isle of Man
  • Reference Maps
  • ICDBL Directory


In the January 1999 issue of Brittany:
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • Donations to Diwan for Canadians
  • Breton Update by Davyth Hicks, "A Good Chance to Save the Language" - the Poignant Report
  • "Distinct Society, Breton Style" from the Montreal Gazette
  • Contact Bulletin, January Update
  • Excerpts from Kannadig, from the Union of Breton Teachers
  • Celtica - updates from Scotland, Brittany, Wales, Ireland, Cornwall and the Isle of Man
  • Reference Maps
  • ICDBL Directory


In the October 1998 issue of Brittany:
  • Inter Celtic Solidarity and a United Front for the ICDBL in the year 2000
  • Montréal Gazette Looks at Brittany, October 17, 1998
  • Washington Post Article on Resurgence of Breton
  • Increased Diwan Enrollment - September 1998
  • Education in the six Celtic Languages - 1998
  • TV Breizh
  • North Americans Show Support for the Breton Language
  • AR Skinwel Iwerzonek, Irish Language Television, Teilifis na Gaeilge
  • The Union of Breton Teachers : Objectives for 1998
  • The European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages
  • News from the Member State Committees of the Bureau
  • The Law on the Sardinian Language and Culture
  • The Northern Ireland Agreement
  • Belgians Defending the Breton Language
  • France to sign the European Charter
  • A majority in favour of Loire Atlantique in Brittany
  • Eliminating Minority Languages: The Method Employed
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • Donations to Diwan for Canadians
  • The Diwan Charter
  • Poetry in the Six Celtic Languages


In the July 1998 issue of Brittany:
  • Diwan Letter
  • Good year to all!
  • The twentieth anniversay of Diwan at Morlaix, 8, 9 and 10 May 1998
  • The growth of Diwan to the fall of 1997
  • Diwan lives and grows thanks to its donors
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • The Diwan school in Rennes celebrates its 20th birthday; Conference and Fest Noz for the school
  • A tradition of cultural repression
  • Celtica - poetry in Scots, Breton, Welsh, Irish, Manx and Cornish
  • Charts - The Decline of Breton, 1927 and 1962; The Breton language in 1962; The Principal Breton Dialects; Brittany, 850-1980


In the April 1998 issue of Brittany:
  • "The Breton Speakers : Who are they today?" by An Avank
  • U.S. and Canada Branches of the I.C.D.B.L.-New Web Pages
  • Today's Breton Lesson
  • Diwan: total number of pupils rising, difficulties at Plabennec (The Télégramme of Brest, 7.9.97)
  • Editorial by Andrew Lincoln, new President of Diwan
  • "Farewell! No, kenavo, in a very short while" by André Lavanant
  • The new Diwan office
  • Celtica - poetry in Scots, Breton, Welsh, Irish, Manx and Cornish


In the January 1998 issue of Brittany:
  • Yann Plunier 1924-1997
  • The Bretons in Canada
  • Diwan
  • A Breton Language University?
  • Donations to Diwan for Canadians
  • Early Brittany
  • A Collective Action to Defend the Breton Language
  • 20 Years of Lobbying in Defense of the Breton Language, by Henri Lécuyer
  • Celtica - poetry in Scots, Breton, Welsh, Irish, Manx and Cornish
  • Charts - The Diwan School Program; School Return 95/96 and 96/97; Evolution of Growth in Schools by Diwan and Diwan Teachers; Roman Britain; The Homeland of the English; Britain about 550


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