Written Wales Language

Offa s dyke was the first clear border between the english speakers of the east and the welsh speakers of the west wales was one of the first countries to use its own language to create laws and the word cymry was used to describe its people as long ago as the seventh century.

Written wales language. The article written by journalist aleksandra wisniewska came in for criticism over claims it contained that the tensions were so severe in north wales that welsh residents had weaponised the. In the white paper striking the right balance the welsh government put forward proposals for a new welsh language bill having carefully considered the responses to the consultation as well as the recent evidence from a number of stakeholders to the culture welsh language and communications committee the first minister cabinet and i are agreed we will not proceed with introducing a welsh. Welsh cymraeg kəmˈraːɨɡ or y gymraeg ə ɡəmˈraːɨɡ is a brittonic language of the celtic language family it is spoken natively in wales by some in england and in y wladfa the welsh colony in chubut province argentina. The early welsh of its celtic forbearers became the medium for medieval welsh poets such as aneirin and talesin.

According to the united kingdom census 2011 19 per cent of. For the oldest existing set of welsh tales from the medieval period pay a visit to the national library of wales. Celtic languages also spelled keltic branch of the indo european language family spoken throughout much of western europe in roman and pre roman times and currently known chiefly in the british isles and in the brittany peninsula of northwestern france. The first written welsh however is thought to date back a further 100 years reflecting the rich history of this language.

Government has ratified the european charter for regional or minority languages with respect to welsh. On both geographic and chronological grounds the languages fall into two divisions usually known as continental celtic and insular celtic. There are l arge numbers of welsh people who speak welsh but monolingual speakers of welsh are relatively rare today since most welsh speakers speak english. Welsh is the de facto provincial language in wales.

In some parts of wales it is people s first language welsh school children study welsh up to the age of 16 welsh language schools are common and there are welsh tv channels festivals films and more. In 1992 the welsh language bill gave welsh equal status with english in all public bodies and drives to boost the language continue to this day. The laws in wales acts 1535 1542 had made english the only language of the law courts and other aspects of public administration in wales. Although the welsh language act 1967 had given some rights to use welsh in court the welsh language act 1993 was the first to put welsh on an equal basis with english in public life.