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Number of speakers: c. 720,000. Spoken in: mainly in Wales, and also in Chubut Province in Argentina, England, Scotland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. First written: 8th century AD. Writing system: Latin script. Status: official language in Wales; recognised minority language in the UK and Argentina.
The Welsh Wikipedia (Welsh: Wicipedia Cymraeg) is the Welsh-language edition of Wikipedia. This edition was started in July 2003. On 23 June 2007, it reached 10,000 articles, the 66th Wikipedia to do so. On 20 November 2008, it attained 20,000 articles. Less than a year later, on 28 October 2009, it reached 25,000 articles.
Welsh ( Cymraeg [ kəmˈraːiɡ] ⓘ or y Gymraeg [ ə ɡəmˈraːiɡ]) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina ). Quick Facts Pronunciation, Region ... Close. Video of a Welsh speaker.
The languages of Wales include the Welsh language, which is an official language of Wales, and English, which is also considered an official language in Wales. [5] [6] The official languages of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) are also Welsh and English. According to the 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was ...
Features. See also. References. External links. Old Welsh ( Welsh: Hen Gymraeg) is the stage of the Welsh language from about 800 AD until the early 12th century when it developed into Middle Welsh. [1] . The preceding period, from the time Welsh became distinct from Common Brittonic around 550, has been called "Primitive" [1] or "Archaic Welsh".
Welsh grammar reflects the patterns of linguistic structure that permeate the use of the Welsh language. In linguistics grammar refers to the domains of the syntax, morphology, semantics, phonetics, and phonology. The following articles contain more information on Welsh: Welsh syntax. Colloquial Welsh morphology (the patterns that shape the ...
Welsh-language literature ( Welsh: Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg) has been produced continuously since the emergence of Welsh from Brythonic as a distinct language in around the 5th century AD. [1] . The earliest Welsh literature was poetry, which was extremely intricate in form from its earliest known examples, a tradition sustained today.
