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''Tafod y Ddraig'' (which translates as "The
Dragon's Tongue", ), or ''Tafod'', is a monthly
Welsh language
Welsh ( or ) 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). Historically, it has ...
magazine dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the Welsh language. This magazine was the only voice of
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
The Welsh Language Society ( cy, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, often abbreviated to Cymdeithas yr Iaith or just Cymdeithas) is a direct action pressure group in Wales campaigning for the right of Welsh people to use the Welsh language in every as ...
(the
Welsh Language Society
The Welsh Language Society ( cy, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, often abbreviated to Cymdeithas yr Iaith or just Cymdeithas) is a direct action pressure group in Wales campaigning for the right of Welsh people to use the Welsh language in every as ...
) from its foundation in October 1963 by
Owain Owain
Owain Owain (11 December 1929 – 19 December 1993) was a Welsh novelist, short-story writer and poet. He also founded '' Tafod y Ddraig'' (The Dragon's Tongue), which became the Welsh Language Society's main voice from its birth in the 1960 ...
. It is still published by the Society under the title ''Tafod'' ("Tongue"), approximately quarterly to coincide with events such as the National Eisteddfod.
According to ,
Owain Owain
Owain Owain (11 December 1929 – 19 December 1993) was a Welsh novelist, short-story writer and poet. He also founded '' Tafod y Ddraig'' (The Dragon's Tongue), which became the Welsh Language Society's main voice from its birth in the 1960 ...
(formerly known as Owen Owen) "united the society through his magazine in the 1960s like a movement unto himself!". ''Tafod y Ddraig'' was published before the society became known: indeed, the dragon's tongue logo (also created by Owain) was sketched before the society had a constitution.
['Wir Yr!' by Maldwyn Lewis, 2006.] It can be seen today at the National Library of Wales.
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The Welsh Language Society
Welsh-language magazines
Magazines published in Wales
Welsh language
Politics of Wales
Magazines established in 1963
1963 establishments in Wales
Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
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