Welsh leid

Welsh
	Cymraeg, y Gymraeg
Pronunciation	[kəmˈraiɡ] 'Cymraeg' pronounced
Region	Spoken ootthrou Wales, an in Chubut province o Argentinae
Native speakers	Aw UK speakers: 700,000+ (2012); Wales: 562,016 speakers (19.0% of the population of Wales), (data frae 2011 Census); Aw skills (speakin, readin, or writin): 630,062 leid uisers (reference); Ingland: 110,000–150,000 (estimatit); Argentina: L2, 1,500-5,000 (data not from 2011 census) (2017);
Leid faimily	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Brittonic Western Welsh; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Common Brittonic Auld Welsh Middle Welsh ; ;
Writin seestem	Laitin (Welsh alphabet); Welsh Braille
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Wales
Recognised minority; leid in	Unitit Kinrick; Argentinae
Regulatit bi	Meri Huws, the Welsh Language Commissioner (syne 1 Apryle 2012) an the Welsh Govrenment (Llywodraeth Cymru)
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	cy
ISO 639-2	wel (B) ; cym (T)
ISO 639-3	cym
Glottolog	wels1247
Linguasphere	50-ABA
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The Welsh leid (Welsh: Cymraeg) is a Celtic leid frae Wales. It is pairt o the Brythonic brainch o Celtic leids. It is maist sib wi Cornish an Breton. It is aiblins spak by as mony as 20% o the indwallers o Wales.

The touns and clanchans whaur maist o the fowk spiks Welsh is i the wast, and thai are cried bi some the Bro Gymraeg. The leid is still tynin grund here, akis thir airts is some o the bonniest pairts o the kintra and there mair and mair incummers frae Ingland that forordnar disna lern the leid.

S4C is the Welsh leid TV chainel that's braidcast in Wales as the fowert chainel, insteid o the Chainel 4 seen in Scotland, an it's braidcast throu SKY TV as S4C digidol (digital S4C). The deegital version haes mair Welsh programmes nor the analogue S4C.

Fowk

Some o the mair weel kent speakers o Welsh is John Hartson, Gary Speed, an Imogen an Glynn frae Big Brother. It made a muckle steuchie in Big Brother whan Glynn an Imogen wis telt aff for speakin their mither tung on the shaw.

References

↑ Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg, A statistical overview of the Welsh language, bi Hywel M Jones, page 115, 13.5.1.6, Ingland. Published Februar 2012. Retrieved 28 Mairch 2016.
↑ "Welsh speakers by local authority, gender and detailed age groups, 2011 Census". statswales.gov.wales. 11 December 2012. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 22 Mey 2016.
↑ "Patagonia's Welsh settlement was 'cultural colonialism' says academic". WalesOnline. Retrieved 6 Mey 2017.
↑ "Wales and Argentina". Wales.com website. Welsh Assembly Government. 2008. Retrieved 22 Mey 2016.
↑ Prior, Neil (30 Mey 2015). "Patagonia 150 years on: A 'little Wales beyond Wales'". Retrieved 29 Mairch 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
↑ "Welsh Language Commissioner". Wales.gov.uk. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 Februar 2014.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Welsh". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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[WelshStatOverview-1] Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg, A statistical overview of the Welsh language, bi Hywel M Jones, page 115, 13.5.1.6, Ingland. Published Februar 2012. Retrieved 28 Mairch 2016.

[2] "Welsh speakers by local authority, gender and detailed age groups, 2011 Census". statswales.gov.wales. 11 December 2012. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 22 Mey 2016.

[3] "Patagonia's Welsh settlement was 'cultural colonialism' says academic". WalesOnline. Retrieved 6 Mey 2017.

[WAG-4] "Wales and Argentina". Wales.com website. Welsh Assembly Government. 2008. Retrieved 22 Mey 2016.

[5] Prior, Neil (30 Mey 2015). "Patagonia 150 years on: A 'little Wales beyond Wales'". Retrieved 29 Mairch 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[6] "Welsh Language Commissioner". Wales.gov.uk. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 Februar 2014.

[Glottolog-7] Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Welsh". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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Welsh
Cymraeg, y Gymraeg
Pronunciation	[kəmˈraiɡ] 'Cymraeg' pronounced
Region	Spoken ootthrou Wales, an in Chubut province o Argentinae
Native speakers	Aw UK speakers: 700,000+ (2012)^[1] Wales: 562,016 speakers (19.0% of the population of Wales),^[2] (data frae 2011 Census); Aw skills (speakin, readin, or writin): 630,062 leid uisers (reference) Ingland: 110,000–150,000 (estimatit) Argentina: L2, 1,500-5,000^[3]^[4]^[5] (data not from 2011 census) (2017)
Leid faimily	Indo-European Celtic Insular Celtic Brittonic Western Welsh
Early forms	Common Brittonic Auld Welsh Middle Welsh
Writin seestem	Laitin (Welsh alphabet) Welsh Braille
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Wales
Recognised minority leid in	Unitit Kinrick Argentinae
Regulatit bi	Meri Huws, the Welsh Language Commissioner (syne 1 Apryle 2012)^[6] an the Welsh Govrenment (Llywodraeth Cymru)
Leid codes
ISO 639-1	`cy`
ISO 639-2	`wel (B)` `cym (T)`
ISO 639-3	`cym`
Glottolog	`wels1247`^[7]
Linguasphere	`50-ABA`
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