Another reason Twitter is awesome: Cambridge University linguists are using it to track how the usage of one of the U.K.’s Celtic languages, Welsh, is changing. Welsh is only spoken by around a sixth ...
The “Situation of the Welsh Language in South Powys” came from work conducted by the council during the last year. The ...
At work in central Hong Kong, David Hand is surrounded by people speaking Chinese and English. But inside his home, the Welsh language rules. Hand’s three children – Arwen, Huw and Tomos – have never ...
IN THE Blue Boar, a pub so local that the landlord is surprised to hear its sign is missing, Roy Thomas picks up a text from his grandson. It contains the word “brechdanau”, meaning sandwiches. A ...
This was a question that I should really have anticipated, but it took me by surprise. I had just talked to a packed marquee at the 2018 Hay Festival about why dialects of English are of such enduring ...
Siân Lloyd, a senior lecturer at the university’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture, was one of many who taught Lloyd.
Alan Vernon-Jones said there has been progress in recruiting staff with Welsh language skills and Torfaen Borough Council is ...
A conference will take place in Llandrindod Wells on Tuesday, June 16, to help the sector understand its new obligations and prepare for implementation. Osian Llywelyn, deputy Wel ...
The Welsh Language Commissioner launched an investigation into how His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service is delivering ...