Learning and speaking Welsh can help you explore and engage with your local community. You can enjoy Welsh language TV, radio, sport, music, and literature.It gives you a sense of Welsh identity and culture!
Speaking Welsh helps you to understand the street and place names around you-lots have special meanings that you may otherwise have missed!
It gives you a sense of belonging to Wales and its history.
Welsh is an official language of Wales, and many public services in the country are required to provide services in both Welsh and English. By ensuring that Welsh is preserved and continues to be spoken, Welsh people are able to fully participate in public life and access important services.
Is Welsh a rare language : Among the six thousand or so languages of the world the Welsh language is of an unusual but not rare type.
Why is Welsh a dying language
Over the years, due to industrialisation, migration, and wars, Welsh had been progressively declining until the end of the 20th century when its position was stabilised thanks to education and legal reforms. One of the most interesting facts is that it's spoken as a first language in Wales, parts of England, and…
Why was Welsh banned in schools : Some schools practised what we would now call total immersion language teaching and banned the use of Welsh in the school and playground to force children to use and become proficient in English. Some of these schools punished children caught speaking Welsh with the Welsh Not.
Welsh has a relatively simple grammar compared to other languages. It follows the same basic sentence structure as English – subject-verb-object. However, it does have some unique features that take time to master. One of the most challenging aspects of Welsh grammar is its use of mutations.
Welsh is considered the least endangered Celtic language by UNESCO.
Is Welsh older than English
In its ancient form, it was originally spoken throughout Great Britain before the arrival of English-speaking invaders in the sixth century. Apart from Latin and Greek, the Welsh language has the oldest literature in Europe.The Laws in Wales Acts of 1535–1542 which made speaking Welsh in court illegal remained in place until the Wales Courts Act of 1942.“Welsh is one of the toughest Western European languages to master and is even harder than Swahili, it has been claimed in a new study. … And at 1,040 hours, learning Welsh takes nearly double the time than it does to become fluent in French, which at 550 hours is one of the easiest of languages examined.”
Both specialists and ordinary citizens say that the biggest threat to Welsh language preservation is migration, with young people moving away from Wales to pursue work and housing, and with non-Welsh speakers coming to settle without the will to learn it; the continuous rise is only possible with some effort.
Is it important to speak Welsh : The Welsh language is at the heart of our modern Welsh identity. Its history is remarkable. The fact that we, in the twenty-first century, can enjoy family life, education, work and leisure all through the medium of Welsh is testimony to the importance of the language to the people of Wales.
Why was speaking Welsh banned : The long-term effects of the Language Clause in the 1536 Act of Union Act of Union were still playing out. Welsh was not an institutionalised or official language, and simply wasn't considered a suitable medium for education during the Victorian heyday of the British Empire.
Is Welsh a growing language
The smallest number of speakers was recorded in 1981 with 503,000 although the lowest percentage was recorded in the most recent census in 2021 at 17.8 per cent. By the start of the 21st century, numbers began to increase once more, at least partly as a result of the increase in Welsh-medium education.
Welsh developed from the Celtic language known as Brythonic or Brittonic. The two most closely related languages are Cornish and Breton. Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx are also Celtic languages but are more distantly related.
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Some of the benefits of learning Welsh
Learning and speaking Welsh can help you explore and engage with your local community. You can enjoy Welsh language TV, radio, sport, music, and literature.It gives you a sense of Welsh identity and culture!
Welsh is an official language of Wales, and many public services in the country are required to provide services in both Welsh and English. By ensuring that Welsh is preserved and continues to be spoken, Welsh people are able to fully participate in public life and access important services.
Is Welsh a rare language : Among the six thousand or so languages of the world the Welsh language is of an unusual but not rare type.
Why is Welsh a dying language
Over the years, due to industrialisation, migration, and wars, Welsh had been progressively declining until the end of the 20th century when its position was stabilised thanks to education and legal reforms. One of the most interesting facts is that it's spoken as a first language in Wales, parts of England, and…
Why was Welsh banned in schools : Some schools practised what we would now call total immersion language teaching and banned the use of Welsh in the school and playground to force children to use and become proficient in English. Some of these schools punished children caught speaking Welsh with the Welsh Not.
Welsh has a relatively simple grammar compared to other languages. It follows the same basic sentence structure as English – subject-verb-object. However, it does have some unique features that take time to master. One of the most challenging aspects of Welsh grammar is its use of mutations.
Welsh is considered the least endangered Celtic language by UNESCO.
Is Welsh older than English
In its ancient form, it was originally spoken throughout Great Britain before the arrival of English-speaking invaders in the sixth century. Apart from Latin and Greek, the Welsh language has the oldest literature in Europe.The Laws in Wales Acts of 1535–1542 which made speaking Welsh in court illegal remained in place until the Wales Courts Act of 1942.“Welsh is one of the toughest Western European languages to master and is even harder than Swahili, it has been claimed in a new study. … And at 1,040 hours, learning Welsh takes nearly double the time than it does to become fluent in French, which at 550 hours is one of the easiest of languages examined.”
Both specialists and ordinary citizens say that the biggest threat to Welsh language preservation is migration, with young people moving away from Wales to pursue work and housing, and with non-Welsh speakers coming to settle without the will to learn it; the continuous rise is only possible with some effort.
Is it important to speak Welsh : The Welsh language is at the heart of our modern Welsh identity. Its history is remarkable. The fact that we, in the twenty-first century, can enjoy family life, education, work and leisure all through the medium of Welsh is testimony to the importance of the language to the people of Wales.
Why was speaking Welsh banned : The long-term effects of the Language Clause in the 1536 Act of Union Act of Union were still playing out. Welsh was not an institutionalised or official language, and simply wasn't considered a suitable medium for education during the Victorian heyday of the British Empire.
Is Welsh a growing language
The smallest number of speakers was recorded in 1981 with 503,000 although the lowest percentage was recorded in the most recent census in 2021 at 17.8 per cent. By the start of the 21st century, numbers began to increase once more, at least partly as a result of the increase in Welsh-medium education.
Welsh developed from the Celtic language known as Brythonic or Brittonic. The two most closely related languages are Cornish and Breton. Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx are also Celtic languages but are more distantly related.