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.Great Britain Wales is on the island of Great Britain, to the west of England, and covers an area of 20,782 square kilometres (8,024 square miles). That's around half the size of the Netherlands, a similar size to Slovenia and slightly smaller than the US state of New Jersey.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.
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.
What countries speak Welsh
Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina).
Is Wales older than England : Oldest country by law or not, the Welsh still pre date the Anglo Saxons by 8500 YEARS. What is now Wales, England and most of Scotland was all old Wales and the Scots and English did not even exist. The reason England became a nation before Wales is simple, it was always conquered so quickly.
The earliest Welsh inscriptions/texts date from the 8th century or later, and the earliest Irish (Ogham) inscriptions are dated to the 5th century or so. The Endangered Languages Project lists Gaelic's status as "threatened", with "20,000 to 30,000 active users". UNESCO classifies Gaelic as "definitely endangered".
Which country has the most Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh
Ethnicity
Welsh
Speakers
Wales: 538,300 (17.8% of the population of Wales in 2021, including both L1 and L2 speakers) England: 110,000 (2001, estimated) Argentina: 1,500–5,000 Canada: <3,885 (L1) Australia: 1,737
Language family
Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Brittonic Western Brittonic Welsh
Welsh is one of Europe's oldest languages and is an innate part of daily life for many people living in Eryri.No, that title goes to Greek. However, Welsh (Cymraeg) dates back as much as 4,000 years, making it the oldest surviving language in Britain. Wales forms a distinct genetic group, followed by a further division between north and south Wales, although there was evidence of a genetic difference between north and south Pembrokeshire as separated by the Landsker line.
Is Welsh a dying language : Welsh is considered the least endangered Celtic language by UNESCO.
Is Celtic a lost language : The Celtic languages that survived into the modern period – Welsh, Irish, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, and Cornish (the last two only recently extinct) – are spoken as primary languages by about a million people, although easily twice that number might be counted as fluent speakers.
Where else speaks Welsh
Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). The Welsh people first arrived in Patagonia in 1865. They had migrated to protect their native Welsh culture and language, which they considered to be threatened in their native Wales. Over the years the use of the language started to decrease and there was relatively little contact between Wales and the Chubut Valley.Welsh is a unique language and is spoken primarily in the country of its origin, Wales. There are also some speakers who live in England and in Chubut Province in the region of Patagonia, Argentina which has descendants of Welsh settlers living there. Canada and America also, have a sprinkling of Welsh speakers.
What is Europe’s oldest language : Euskera Euskera is the oldest living language in Europe. Most linguists, experts and researchers say so. Euskera is a very old language whose origins remain unknown.
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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.Great Britain
Wales is on the island of Great Britain, to the west of England, and covers an area of 20,782 square kilometres (8,024 square miles). That's around half the size of the Netherlands, a similar size to Slovenia and slightly smaller than the US state of New Jersey.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.
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.
What countries speak Welsh
Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina).
Is Wales older than England : Oldest country by law or not, the Welsh still pre date the Anglo Saxons by 8500 YEARS. What is now Wales, England and most of Scotland was all old Wales and the Scots and English did not even exist. The reason England became a nation before Wales is simple, it was always conquered so quickly.
The earliest Welsh inscriptions/texts date from the 8th century or later, and the earliest Irish (Ogham) inscriptions are dated to the 5th century or so.
The Endangered Languages Project lists Gaelic's status as "threatened", with "20,000 to 30,000 active users". UNESCO classifies Gaelic as "definitely endangered".
Which country has the most Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is one of Europe's oldest languages and is an innate part of daily life for many people living in Eryri.No, that title goes to Greek. However, Welsh (Cymraeg) dates back as much as 4,000 years, making it the oldest surviving language in Britain.
Wales forms a distinct genetic group, followed by a further division between north and south Wales, although there was evidence of a genetic difference between north and south Pembrokeshire as separated by the Landsker line.
Is Welsh a dying language : Welsh is considered the least endangered Celtic language by UNESCO.
Is Celtic a lost language : The Celtic languages that survived into the modern period – Welsh, Irish, Breton, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, and Cornish (the last two only recently extinct) – are spoken as primary languages by about a million people, although easily twice that number might be counted as fluent speakers.
Where else speaks Welsh
Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina).
The Welsh people first arrived in Patagonia in 1865. They had migrated to protect their native Welsh culture and language, which they considered to be threatened in their native Wales. Over the years the use of the language started to decrease and there was relatively little contact between Wales and the Chubut Valley.Welsh is a unique language and is spoken primarily in the country of its origin, Wales. There are also some speakers who live in England and in Chubut Province in the region of Patagonia, Argentina which has descendants of Welsh settlers living there. Canada and America also, have a sprinkling of Welsh speakers.
What is Europe’s oldest language : Euskera
Euskera is the oldest living language in Europe. Most linguists, experts and researchers say so. Euskera is a very old language whose origins remain unknown.