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Welsh

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Welsh is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup native to the Welsh people, spoken natively in Wales by about 18 percent of the population, with communities also in England and Y Wladfa, the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
cym 1
Speaker Count
538,300 1
2021 census, Wales.
Status
Living 1
Region
United Kingdom (Wales, England), Argentina (Chubut Province) 1
Welsh
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Source Wikipedia: Welsh Language

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1. Wikipedia: Welsh Language
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina).
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    cym
  • Infobox, Speakers (Total)
    538,300 (2021)
  • Lead section, second sentence
    Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina).
  • Infobox, Region
    United Kingdom (Wales, England), Argentina (Chubut Province)
  • In Family: Indo-European, Infobox, Language family
    Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: Brittonic (within Celtic, Insular Celtic).
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