Modern Welsh can be considered to fall broadly into two main registers —Colloquial Welsh (Cymraeg llafar) and Literary Welsh (Cymraeg llenyddol). Colloquial Welsh is used in most speech and informal …

Welsh language, member of the Brythonic group of the Celtic languages, spoken in Wales.

Welsh (Cymraeg) is a Celtic language family spoken mainly in Wales, and also in England and Argentina, by about 720,000 people.

Jul 9, 2025 · The University of Wales Dictionary is the standard historical Welsh dictionary. It’s similar to the Oxford English Dictionary but for Welsh. It is available online and as an app for your phone or …

Welsh 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 so...

Discover the origins and history of Britain’s oldest language, Welsh, and how it's used on a daily basis in modern Wales.

In Welsh literature, the word Cymry was used throughout the Middle Ages to describe the Welsh, though the older, more generic term Brythoniaid continued to be used to describe any of the Britonnic …

Apr 19, 2012 · If you're interested in learning Welsh, there are many online and face to face courses available around Wales. For further information go to a bilingual page with information about courses.

Welsh is the earliest and best attested of the British languages. Although the material is fragmentary until the 12th century, the course of the language can be traced from the end of the 8th century.

1 plural in construction : the natives or inhabitants of Wales 2 : the Celtic language of the Welsh people 3 : welsh pony Welsh adjective