Welsh Wales People

Historian john davies argues that the origin of the welsh nation can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries following the roman departure from britain although brythonic or other celtic languages seem to have been spoken in wales since much earlier.

Welsh wales people. Cymru is a country that is part of the united kingdom. Neanderthals lived in what is now wales or cymru to the welsh people at least 230 000 years ago while homo sapiens arrived by about 31 000 bc. However continuous habitation by modern humans dates from the period after the end of the last ice age around 9000 bc and wales has many remains from. Cymry are a celtic nation and ethnic group native to wales the term welsh people applies to people from wales welsh.

The history of wales begins with the arrival of human beings in the region thousands of years ago. The words wales and welsh are saxon in origin and were used by the invading germanic tribe to denote people who spoke a different language. This is a list of welsh people welsh. Cymru and people of welsh ancestry perceiving themselves or being perceived as sharing a cultural heritage and shared ancestral origins wales is one of the four countries of the united kingdom the majority of people living in wales are british citizens.

Wales has over 1 680 miles 2 700 km of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and. An ethnic group and nation associated with wales. It had a population in 2011 of 3 063 456 and has a total area of 20 779 km 2 8 023 sq mi. 26 per cent of all schools in wales are defined as welsh medium schools with a further 7 3 per cent offering some welsh medium instruction to pupils.