Breton is a Celtic language closely related to Welsh that is spoken mainly in western Brittany in France. Throughout its history, Breton has been influenced by French and borrowed parts of its lexicon from that Romance language. The development of Breton can be divided into four stages from its origins to modern times. Today, Breton has approximately 200,000 speakers across its four main dialects, but the language is declining as only 3% of children are learning it and most existing speakers are over 60 years old.