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William Forbes Skene
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Welsh
Brittonic language spoken natively in Wales
Wikipedia ↗
Images on Commons ↗
Wikidata (Q9309) ↗
Details
Instance of
natural language
,
modern language
Subclass of
Brythonic
,
Western Brittonic
Has parts
Gwyndodeg
,
Powyseg
,
Dyfedeg
,
Gwenhwyseg
,
Patagonian Welsh
Country
United Kingdom
,
Argentina
category for films in this language
Category:Welsh-language films
category for music in this language
Category:Welsh-language music
described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
,
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Ethnologue language status
2 Provincial
history of topic
history of the Welsh language
indigenous to
Wales
language regulatory body
Welsh Language Board
,
Welsh Language Commissioner
linguistic typology
verb–subject–object
,
nominative–accusative language
,
fusional language
native label
Cymraeg
number of speakers, writers, or signers
724000
, 910289
, 929824
, 977366
, 922092
, 909261
, 714686
, 656002
, 542425
, 562016
related category
Category:Welsh pronunciation
studied by
Welsh studies
topic's main category
Category:Welsh language
UNESCO language status
2 vulnerable
Wikimedia language code
cy
writing system
Latin script
Works in this collection
(13)
War Horse
1982
The Last Day
1976
Enoc Huws
1891
Rhys Lewis
1885
Buchedd Garmon
—
A History of Wales
1990
Mical
1976
Dail Pren
1956
Brad
—
'Gymerwch chi sigaret?
1956
Authority files
Library of Congress ↗
GND ↗
BnF ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica ↗
Y flodeugerdd englynion newydd
2009
Anghenion y gynghanedd
—
Blodeuwedd
—
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
Welsh Language Act 1993
Welsh Language Act 1967
Welsh Roots and Branches
Peniarth MS 56
Peniarth MS 228
Peniarth MS 296
Peniarth MS 304
Peniarth MS 305
Peniarth MS 306
A Social History of the Welsh Language
The Celtic Languages
The Welsh language
Inspired
Sindarin
Movement of
Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Hamadryad