Sentence:  French people of any social standing looked at the Breton language as <WSD>baragouin</WSD>. It was (and still is) very easy for Bretons to get the idea that Breton is a “little language” of the “past,” not worth the effort of learning. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Unintelligible speech; gibberish, jargon.