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 writing.
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 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...
Old Welsh is the term used to describe the Welsh language from approximately the 6th to the 9th centuries. It is during this period that we find the earliest written records in Welsh, including the famous “Book of Aneirin” and the “Book of Taliesin,” which contain poetry and other literary works.
Welsh is a member of the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family, closely related to Breton and Cornish. The roots of the Welsh language can be traced back to the Celtic languages spoken by the ancient Britons before the Roman conquest of Britain.