Welsh language
Spoken in: United Kingdom, Argentina, United States, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand.
Region: Wales, Chubut
Total speakers: 750,000+:
— Wales: 611,000
— England: 133,000
— Chubut, Argentina: 25,000
— Canada: 3,160
— USA: 2,655
— New Zealand: 1,155
— Australia (WA): 1,060
Language family: Indo-European
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg, pronounced, is a member of the Brythonic
branch of Celtic spoken natively in Wales (Cymru), in England by some
along the Welsh border and in the Welsh immigrant colony in the Chubut
Valley in Argentine Patagonia.
There are also speakers of Welsh throughout the world, most notably in the rest of Great Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Due to the increasing use
of the English language the numbers of Welsh speakers had been declining
for decades. However, following a number of measures, including the introduction
of the Welsh Language Act 1993, Welsh has enjoyed a strong revival in
recent years and has an equal status with English in the public sector
in Wales. Of the 611,000 Welsh speakers in Wales, 62% claim to use Welsh
daily, and 88% of those fluent in the language use it daily
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