Languages

Welsh

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Welsh." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/welsh.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Welsh. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/welsh

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-welsh,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Welsh},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/welsh},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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.

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Indo-European

Source Wikipedia: Welsh Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Welsh Language

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, 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).

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1. Wikipedia: Welsh Language

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