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id name
50-ABA-a Cymraeg
pdf
./ls/pdf/master/OL-SITE 1999-2000 MASTER ONE Sectors 5-Zones 50-54.pdf
lsrType
outer language
notes
y gymraeg, iaith gymraeg, "welsh", "cymric", in [50=] Gaeilge (Irish): breatnais, in [51=] Français: gallois, cymrique, kymrique; including a wide range of local forms of the language-name: cymraig, cymrêig, cwmrâg, cymrâg, cymrêg, etc. bilingual < [52=] English # the traditional English name "Welsh" is derived from Old English walh =«Celtic or Roman foreigner», and a case can be made for the promotion of "Cymric" as a more appropriate name in English ¶ after strong survival throughout Wales until the 19th century, there was a steady decline in the number and proportion of Welsh-speakers throughout the 20th century, a trend arrested and reversed in the younger generation by the institutionalisation of Welsh as a co-official language in Wales (Welsh Language Act, 1967) and by its strong promotion in education and the media ➤ strong lexical links (cognates plus loans) with [51=] Latin 𝒮 from c.650: Latin script
lsrCountry
UK (𝒜 Cymru, Wales); Nantmawr (England: Shropshire border); also migration> England (Liverpool, London...); Argentina (Patagonia); USA (Pennsylvania)
script
Latin
scale
100.000 – 1.000.000
ISO-639
cym Welsh
GeoEntity
eu•w•GB United Kingdom | sa•AR Argentina | na•US United States
4 subdivisions
50-ABA-aa Cymraeg-L.
50-ABA-ab Cymraeg-F.
50-ABA-ac Cymraeg-N.
50-ABA-ad Cymraeg-S.

2025-02-19 15:18:32 Europe/Berlin.

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