I watch a let's play of avatar the borders of Pandora and the fact that the Na'vi childrens are forbidden to speak Na'vi and only that English resonates a lot for my family
I mean I'm white as fuck and my ancestors are Breton and all of French origin... But between 1945 (and well before but I say 1945 because 1945 is the birth of my grandfather) and until 2008 (or 2004?) Breton was forbidden to speak and write in schools because French had to be the universal language in France
Breton is a very old Celtic language with their tradition and culture but over the years French was forced to be taught in schools and children were punished for speaking and writing it in Breton (my grandfather had written an essay in Breton, his teacher punished him and he had to start all over again), He and his little sister are four years apart and she no longer knew how to write or read Breton but only speak, over the years Breton was declared a dead language in the same way as Latin, Today schools are open in Brittany (in France) and teach children Breton, what is ironic in the fact of banning Breton is that all the signs in the road are written in Breton and French, we have our television news and programs in Breton and even cartoons dubbed in Breton.
Our cultures and dances almost disappeared but are slowly coming back and to show the extent of the damage my neighbor could not communicate with her grandmother who spoke only Breton and my neighbor only spoke French
For my part, I am still learning this language again and I have some Breton expressions and I knew how to count to ten and I knew some children's nursery rhymes