Welsh
Brittonic language spoken natively in Wales
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Summary
Welsh is a natural language[1]. Welsh ranks in the top 2% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,642 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[3], Argentina[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Brythonic[6], Western Brittonic[7]
- Writing system: Latin script[8]
- Commons category: Welsh language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: cy[10]
- Has part(s): Gwyndodeg[11], Powyseg[12], Dyfedeg[13], Gwenhwyseg[14], Patagonian Welsh[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Welsh language[16]
- Described at URL: http://www.sorosoro.org/le-gallois/[17]
- Language regulatory body: Welsh Language Board[18], Welsh Language Commissioner[19]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 724,000[20], 910,289[21], 929,824[22], 977,366[23], 922,092[24], 909,261[25], 714,686[26], 656,002[27], 542,425[28], 562,016[29]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31]
- Native label: Cymraeg[32]
- UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[33]
- History of topic: history of the Welsh language[34]
- Indigenous to: Wales[35]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CYM[36]
- Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[37]
- Linguistic typology: verb–subject–object[38], nominative–accusative language[39], fusional language[40]
Why It Matters
Welsh has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Welsh is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]