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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. The official languages of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) are also Welsh and English. According to the 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older ...
- Either French, German, Spanish, or Mandarin
- Welsh (29.3%), English
- Welsh or English 96.7%, Polish 0.7%, Arabic 0.3%
- British Sign Language
Writing system: Latin script. Status: official language in Wales; recognised minority language in the UK and Argentina.
The language of the Welsh developed from the language of Britons. The emergence of Welsh was not instantaneous and clearly identifiable. Instead, the shift occurred over a long period, with some historians claiming that it had happened by as late as the 9th century, with a watershed moment being that proposed by linguist Kenneth H. Jackson, the Battle of Dyrham, a military battle between the ...
9 de abr. de 2024 · Welsh language, member of the Brythonic group of the Celtic languages, spoken in Wales.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 modernised the 1993 Welsh Language Act and gave Welsh an official status in Wales for the first time, a major landmark for the language. Welsh is the only official de jure language of any country in the UK.
Welsh continued as an official language during the early Middle Ages, despite the Anglo-Norman conquest. 1536. In Henry VIII’s Act of Union in 1536, Wales was legally incorporated into England, with English as its sole official language. 1588. The Bible was translated into Welsh by Bishop William Morgan in 1588.
The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Welsh and English are de jure official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd, with Welsh being the only de jure official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being de facto official.
