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  2. History of the Welsh language - Wikipedia

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    Welsh remained strong in the north-west and in parts of mid-Wales and south-west Wales. Rural Wales was a stronghold of the Welsh language, and so also were the industrial slate-quarrying communities of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire. [9] Many of the nonconformist churches throughout Wales were strongly associated with the Welsh language.

  3. History of education in Wales (1939–present) - Wikipedia

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    The school-leaving age was increased to 15 in 1947 and 16 in 1972. Further and higher education also expanded overtime. Formal Welsh-medium education was established beginning in 1939 and the Welsh language became a universal school subject from 1990. The administration of education in Wales was effected by the process of Welsh devolution.

  4. Welsh-medium education - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century Welsh was often repressed by schools. [2] [3] In the 20th century the language gradually gained a more prominent role in the education system.[4] [5] Beginning in the early decades of the 20th century, schools in predominantly Welsh-speaking areas of Wales began to use Welsh as a partial medium of instruction, primarily with younger children.

  5. Culture of Wales - Wikipedia

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    Culture of Wales. The culture of Wales is distinct, with its own language, customs, festivals, music, art, cuisine, mythology, history, and politics. Wales is primarily represented by the symbol of the red Welsh Dragon, but other national emblems include the leek and the daffodil.

  6. Teaching of Welsh history - Wikipedia

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    Until the latter part of the 20th century, the teaching of Welsh history was predominantly taught from a British or Southern English perspective. In recent decades, there has been a notable increase in emphasis on the teaching of Welsh history, a trend that has persisted into the 21st century. Presently, it is mandatory for schools in Wales to ...

  7. Languages of Wales - Wikipedia

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    In both 2011 and 2021, Polish was the most spoken main language after Welsh and English, accounting for 0.7% of the population (21,000), up from 0.6% in 2011. Arabic was the next most common main language in Wales at 0.3%, up from 0.2% in 2011. [3] British Sign Language (BSL) was the preferred language of 900 (0.03%), up from 800 in 2011.

  8. Welsh language - Wikipedia

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    There is a Welsh-language online news service which publishes news stories in Welsh called Golwg360 ('360 [degree] view'). As of March 2021, there were 58 local Welsh language community newspapers, known as Papurau Bro, in circulation. [92]

  9. Welsh syntax - Wikipedia

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    The syntax of the Welsh language has much in common with the syntax of other Insular Celtic languages. It is, for example, heavily right-branching (including a verb–subject–object word order), and the verb for be (in Welsh, bod) is crucial to constructing many different types of clauses. Any verb may be inflected for three tenses (preterite ...