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Archenfield was still Welsh enough in the time of Elizabeth I for the Bishop of Hereford to be made responsible, together with the four Welsh bishops, for the translation of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer into Welsh. Welsh was still commonly spoken there in the first half of the 19th century, and churchwardens' notices were put up in ...
v. t. e. The Welsh (Welsh: Cymry) are an ethnic group and nation native to Wales who share a common ancestry, history and culture. [10] Wales is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. The majority of people living in Wales are British citizens. [11] In Wales, the Welsh language (Welsh: Cymraeg) is protected by law. [12]
The census did not record Welsh-speakers living outside Wales. The census determined that 18.56% of the population could speak Welsh and 14.57% could speak, read and write in the language. [1] In the most recent census in 2021, 17.8% reported being able to speak Welsh. [2]
The Celtic languages (/ ˈkɛltɪk / KEL-tik) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from Proto-Celtic. [1] The term "Celtic" was first used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, [2] following Paul-Yves Pezron, who made the explicit link between the Celts described by classical writers and the Welsh and ...
Wales portal. v. t. e. The languages of Wales include the Welsh language, which is an official language of Wales, and English, which is also considered an official language in Wales. [5][6] The official languages of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) are also Welsh and English. According to the 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales ...
Late Modern Welsh began with the publication of William Morgan's translation of the Bible in 1588. Like its English counterpart, the King James Version, this proved to have a strong stabilizing effect on the language, and indeed the language today still bears the same Late Modern label as Morgan's language. Of course, many changes have occurred ...
The Celtic nations or Celtic countries[ 1 ] are a cultural area and collection of geographical regions in Northwestern Europe where the Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived. [ 2 ] The term nation is used in its original sense to mean a people who share a common identity and culture and are identified with a traditional territory ...
The proportion of the Welsh population able to speak the Welsh language fell from just under 50% in 1901 to 43.5% in 1911, and continued to fall to a low of 18.9% in 1981. [48] The results of the 2001 Census showed an increase in the number of Welsh speakers to 21% of the population aged 3 and older, compared with 18.7% in 1991 and 19.0% in 1981.