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The Welsh language was commonly spoken in the Jackson County area for generations until the 1950s when its use began to subside. As of 2010, more than 126,000 Ohioans are of Welsh descent and about 135 speak the language , [ 17 ] [ 18 ] with significant concentrations still found in many communities of Ohio such as Oak Hill (13.6%), Madison (12 ...
Academics at Swansea University compared minority and majority language speakers’ social media responses.
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.
The church was the centre of Welsh community life, and a vigorous Welsh-speaking press kept ethnic consciousness strong. Strongly Republican, the Welsh gradually assimilated into the larger society without totally abandoning their own ethnic cultural patterns. The Welsh language still being spoken in the area well into the 1970s. [3]
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Gwyndodeg or Y Wyndodeg is one of the four traditional dialects of the Welsh language. Spoken in north-west Wales, the language takes its name from the post-roman Kingdom of Gwynedd. Writing in 1900, John Rhŷs and David Brynmor Jones give a boundary for the dialect's southern extent as "the stream of Wyrai at Llanrhystud". [1]
Welsh Romani (or Welsh Romany; sometimes also known as Kååle [16]) is a variety of the Romani language which was spoken fluently in Wales until at least 1950. [17] It was spoken by the Kale group of the Romani people who arrived in Britain during the 15th century. The first record of Roma in Wales comes from the 16th century.
Welsh remains the predominant language in many parts of Wales, particularly in North Wales and parts of West Wales, though English is the predominant language in South Wales. The Welsh language is also taught in schools in Wales; and, even in regions of Wales in which Welsh people predominantly speak English on a daily basis, the Welsh language ...