Welsh

Also known as: Welsh, Cymraeg

Welsh (Cymraeg) is a Brythonic Celtic language related to Cornish and Breton, spoken mainly in Wales and also by smaller communities elsewhere, including Patagonia. It has official status in Wales; the 2021 census recorded 538,300 residents aged three or older who reported that they could speak it, while other surveys use different methods and produce different estimates. Welsh is normally written in the Latin alphabet and is noted for grammatical consonant mutations, including soft, nasal, and aspirate mutation, as well as a basic verb–subject–object word order. Welsh-medium education means education in which Welsh is a principal language of teaching and learning, not merely a subject taught in English-medium schools, and it is central to language transmission. The Welsh Government’s Cymraeg 2050 strategy aims for one million speakers and greater daily use by 2050.