Menter Iaith (plural: ''Mentrau Iaith'',

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in a specific area. Each local ''Menter Iaith'' receives a basic grant from the

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, as well as financial support from a number of other sources, to work with individuals, organisations, and local business to promote the use of Welsh in its area. The first ''Menter Iaith'' to be established was ''Menter Cwm Gwendraeth'' in 1991. Normally a ''Menter Iaith'' will operate in an area defined by the

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, which each have a number of smaller ''Mentrau Iaith'' operating on a local level. In total, there are 24 organisations in existence. In 2008, a ''Menter Iaith'' was established in

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Mentrau Iaith Cymru

Mentrau Iaith Cymru is an umbrella organisation which provides a platform for the ''Mentrau'' to share information and ideas.

List of Mentrau Iaith

* CERED (''Menter Iaith Ceredigion'') - (

Ceredigion Ceredigion ( , , ) is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been administered as a county since 1282. Cer ...

) * ''Menter Abertawe'' - ( Swansea) * ''Menter Caerdydd'' - (

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

) * ''Menter Iaith Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, a Mynwy'' - ( Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire and

Torfaen Torfaen (; cy, Torfaen ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south-w ...

) * ''Menter Iaith Bro Dinefwr'' - (Dinefwr,

) * ''Menter Iaith Bro Morgannwg'' - (

Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol ...

) * ''Menter Iaith Bro Ogwr'' - (

Bridgend Bridgend (; cy, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the medieval bridge over the River Og ...

) * ''Menter Iaith Brycheiniog'' - (

Brycheiniog Brycheiniog was an independent kingdom in South Wales in the Early Middle Ages. It often acted as a buffer state between England to the east and the south Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the Norman ...

, south

) * ''Menter Iaith Castell-nedd Port Talbot'' - (

Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot ( cy, Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in the south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf ...

) * ''Menter Iaith Conwy'' - (

Conwy Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on ...

) * ''Menter Iaith Cwm Gwendraeth'' - ( Gwendraeth Valley,

) * ''Menter Iaith Dinbych'' - (

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

) * ''Menter Iaith Gorllewin Sir Gar'' - (West

) * ''Mentrau Iaith Hunaniaith'' - ( Gwynedd * ''Menter Iaith Llanelli'' - (Llanelli,

) * ''Menter Iaith Maelor'' - (

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

) * ''Menter Iaith Maldwyn'' - ( Maldwyn, north

) * ''Menter Iaith Merthyr'' - ( Merthyr Tydfil) * ''Menter Iaith Môn'' - (

Isle of Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island, ...

) * ''Menter Iaith Rhondda Cynon Taf'' - ( Rhondda Cynon Taff) * ''Menter Iaith Sir Benfro'' - ( Pembrokeshire) * ''Menter Iaith Sir Caerffili'' - ( Caerphilly) * ''Menter Iaith Sir y Fflint'' - (

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) * ''Menter Iaith Casnewydd'' - ( Newport)

References

External links

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