''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 ,

(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
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