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The proportion of respondents in the 2011 census who said they could speak Welsh. Welsh has been spoken continuously in Wales throughout history; however, by 1911, it had become a minority language, spoken by 43.5 per cent of the population. [39] While this decline continued over the following decades, the language did not die out.
Carmarthenshire: 84.5% could speak Welsh while 83.1% could speak English; Merioneth: 84.3% could speak Welsh while 69.5% could speak English; Carnarvonshire: 76.5% could speak Welsh while 73.3% could speak English; Denbighshire was the only other county where a majority could still speak Welsh; here, 51.0% could speak Welsh and 94.0% could ...
The proportion of respondents in the 2011 census who said they could speak Welsh. Y Fro Gymraeg (literally ' The Welsh Language Area ', pronounced [ə vroː ˈɡəmrɑːɨɡ]) is a name often used to refer to the linguistic area in Wales where the Welsh language is used by the majority or a large part of the population; [1] it is the heartland of the Welsh language and comparable in that ...
In 2021 an estimated 538,000 people in Wales aged three years and over (17.8%) reported being able to speak Welsh – down from 562,000 in 2011. Fewer people speaking Welsh than 10 years ago ...
The number of Welsh speakers in other places in Britain is uncertain, but there are significant numbers in the main cities, and there are speakers along the Welsh-English border. Even among Welsh speakers, very few people speak only Welsh, with nearly all being bilingual in English. However, a large number of Welsh speakers are more comfortable ...
Of the 101,000 people in Wales who did not speak Welsh or English as a main language in 2021, 78.0% said they could speak English well or very well, similar to 77.1% in 2011. 22.0% of people who did not speak English or Welsh as a main language could not speak English very well or at all. [3]
In the early 20th century, Welsh politicians such as David Lloyd George (prime minister from 1916 to 1922), and later Aneurin Bevan (architect of the NHS) rose to UK-wide prominence. The powerlessness of Welsh politicians in influencing their own affairs, due to the English numerical superiority in Parliament, was highlighted in the mid-20th ...
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