The Welsh Language Commissioner (Welsh: Comisiynydd y Gymraeg) is a Welsh Government officer, overseeing an independent advisory body of the same name...
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Welsh (Cymraeg [kəmˈraːiɡ] or y Gymraeg [ə ɡəmˈraːiɡ]) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken...
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The Welsh Language Board (Welsh: Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) was a statutory body set up by HM Government under the Welsh Language Act 1993. It was an Assembly...
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regard to Welsh as an official language of Wales. The Act notably established the Welsh Language Commissioner role. Welsh is an official language of Wales...
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The Welsh Language Society (Welsh: Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, also often abbreviated to Cymdeithas yr Iaith or just Cymdeithas in English) is a direct...
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Welsh Language Act 1993 (c. 38) (Welsh: Deddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which put the Welsh language on...
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the Welsh language (Welsh: hanes yr iaith Gymraeg) spans over 1400 years, encompassing the stages of the language known as Primitive Welsh, Old Welsh, Middle...
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include the Celtic languages Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh and the West Germanic Scots and Ulster Scots. There are many non-native languages spoken by immigrants...
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standardised Welsh place-names is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names...
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Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, in Canada Office québécois de la langue française, in Canada Welsh Language Commissioner, in Wales All...
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The place-names of Wales derive in most cases from the Welsh language, but have also been influenced by linguistic contact with the Romans, Anglo-Saxons...
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are six living languages: the four continuously living languages Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh, and the two revived languages Cornish and Manx...
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translation and interpreting. The association also advises the Welsh Language Commissioner on translation issues. Wales Interpretation and Translation Service...
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Betws-y-Coed (category Pages with Welsh IPA)
wood'. The earliest record of the name is Betus in 1254. The Welsh Language Commissioner gives the standard form of the name as Betws-y-coed, with a lower...
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Aled Roberts (category CS1 Welsh-language sources (cy))
the leader of Wrexham County Borough Council. He served as the Welsh Language Commissioner from 2019 until his death in 2022. Aled Rhys Roberts was born...
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consider themselves to be authorities on standard languages, often called language academies. Language academies are motivated by, or closely associated...
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"The Position of the Welsh Language 2016–20: Welsh Language Commissioner's 5-year Report" (PDF). Welsh Language Commissioner. Retrieved 21 October 2021...
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created the Welsh Language Commissioner post. In Wales, as of 2021, 96.7% of usual residents (2.9 million) aged three and above spoke Welsh or English...
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by Welsh Language Commissioner Meri Huws for banning call centre staff from using Welsh when discussing details of financial products with Welsh-speaking...
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The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Cardiff, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation...
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in Brittany) Pan South African Language Board Real Academia Española Swedish Language Council Welsh Language Commissioner Linguistic diversity Linguistic...
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The teaching of English in Welsh schools was generally supported by the Welsh public and parents who saw it as the language of economic advancement.: 453...
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Welsh Language Commissioner, replacing the Welsh Language Board. Following the referendum in 2011, the Official Languages Act became the first Welsh law...
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Welsh Language Commissioner, replacing the Welsh Language Board. Following the referendum in 2011, the Official Languages Act became the first Welsh law...
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The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Gwynedd, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation...
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The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Monmouthshire, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation...
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The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Ceredigion, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation...
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Riverside, Cardiff (category Articles containing Welsh-language text)
Cardiff Council. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015. Welsh Language Commissioner: 2011 census: results by community Archived 2013-10-22 at the...
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The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Carmarthenshire, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation...
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The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Flintshire, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation...
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