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Welsh, a
Brythonic Brittonic or Brythonic may refer to: *Common Brittonic, or Brythonic, the Celtic language anciently spoken in Great Britain *Brittonic languages, a branch of the Celtic languages descended from Common Brittonic *Britons (Celtic people) The Br ...
Celtic language The Celtic languages ( usually , but sometimes ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward ...
, was historically spoken by the majority of Wales' population, with current estimates suggesting a third of the current population of
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2 ...
speak the language.


Graphical summary 1750-1900

File:Map o ieithoedd Cymru (A map of the languages of Wales) - 1750.svg, 1750 File:Map o ieithoedd Cymru (A map of the languages of Wales) - 1800.svg, 1800 File:Map o ieithoedd Cymru (A map of the languages of Wales) - 1850.svg, 1850 File:Map o ieithoedd Cymru (A map of the languages of Wales) - 1900.svg, 1900


Prior to the census

* 1801: about 80% (Population: 587,000, so approx. 470,000 Welsh speakers) * 1851: about 67% (Population: 1,163,000, so approx. 779,000 Welsh speakers)


Census

''*largest population of Welsh speakers ever recorded in a census'' ''**largest proportion of Welsh speakers ever recorded in a census'' ''N/A: not applicable'' Census figures denote those able to speak Welsh above the age of 3 years old.


Annual Population Surveys

N/A: not applicable Annual population survey figures indicate the number of people over the age of three years able to speak Welsh. The number of speakers has been estimated based on the percentage of the population that speak Welsh and the general population size provided by the APS.


Welsh medium education


Primary education

*More than half of curriculum teaching is through the medium of Welsh


Secondary education


See also


Welsh language

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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 ...
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History of the Welsh language The history of the Welsh language ( Welsh: ''Hanes yr iaith Gymraeg'') spans over 1400 years, encompassing the stages of the language known as Primitive Welsh, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh, and Modern Welsh. Origins Welsh evolved from British, the C ...
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Welsh-language literature Welsh-language literature ( cy, Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg) has been produced continuously since the emergence of Welsh from Brythonic as a distinct language in around the 5th century AD. Huws Daniel National Library of Wales and Centre for Advanced W ...
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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 ...
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Welsh Language Commissioner The Welsh Language Commissioner () is a Welsh Government officer, overseeing an independent advisory body of the same name. The position was created following the passing of the ''Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011'', effective on 1 April 2012 ...


Other

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Celtic languages The Celtic languages ( usually , but sometimes ) are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic. They form a branch of the Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward ...
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Status of the Irish language The official status of the Irish language remains high in the Republic of Ireland. This reflects the dominance of the language in Irish cultural and social history until the nineteenth century and its role in Irish cultural identity. In April 2 ...
* Scottish Gaelic#Distribution in Scotland * Cornish language *
English-speaking world Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the ''Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest language ...
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Celtic language decline in England The decline of Celtic languages in England was the historical process by which the Celtic languages died out in what is modern-day England. It happened in most of southern Great Britain between about 400 and 1000 AD, but in Cornwall, it was fini ...


References

{{Reflist Welsh language History of Wales