• The Welsh Language Board (Welsh: Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) was a statutory body set up by HM Government under the Welsh Language Act 1993. It was an Assembly...
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    Welsh (Cymraeg [kəmˈraːiɡ] or y Gymraeg [ə ɡəmˈraːiɡ]) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken...
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  • the Welsh language (Welsh: hanes yr iaith Gymraeg) spans over 1400 years, encompassing the stages of the language known as Primitive Welsh, Old Welsh, Middle...
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    language scheme for use of Welsh in service, after notification to do so from the Welsh Language Board. The Welsh Language Board would then be able to approve...
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    the Welsh Language Commissioner post, which replaced the Welsh Language Board. The Commissioner's role is to promote and facilitate the use of Welsh and...
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    British citizens. In Wales, the Welsh language (Welsh: Cymraeg) is protected by law. Welsh remains the predominant language in many parts of Wales, particularly...
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    Ulster Scots; indigenous Celtic languages are Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. There are many non-native languages spoken by immigrants, including Polish...
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    Authority for Wales Wales Tourist Board Welsh Industrial Development Advisory Board Welsh Development Agency Welsh Language Board Environment Agency Wales Countryside...
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  • The Welsh Language Society (Welsh: Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, also often abbreviated to Cymdeithas yr Iaith or just Cymdeithas in English) is a direct...
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    are six living languages: the four continuously living languages Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh, and the two revived languages Cornish and Manx...
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    The Welsh Language Commissioner (Welsh: Comisiynydd y Gymraeg) is a Welsh Government officer, overseeing an independent advisory body of the same name...
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  • cultural relationship between the Welsh and English manifests through many shared cultural elements including language, sport, religion and food. The cultural...
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  • census, is spoken by 562,000 people, or 19% of the population. The Welsh Language Board (Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) is legally tasked with ensuring that, "in...
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    Welsh Language Commissioner, replacing the Welsh Language Board. Following the referendum in 2011, the Official Languages Act became the first Welsh law...
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  • WLB may refer to: Welsh Language Board, a former UK statutory body Wiener Lokalbahnen, an Austrian railway company Württembergische Landesbibliothek, the...
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  • Island, 1943–1953 John Walter Jones (Wales), chief executive of the Welsh Language Board, 1993 John W. Jones (Alabama politician), state legislator in Alabama...
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    Wales (redirect from Welsh Peninsula)
    major landmark for the language. The Measure also created the post of Welsh Language Commissioner, replacing the Welsh Language Board. Following the referendum...
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  • Common Brittonic (redirect from Proto-Welsh)
    Brittonic (Welsh: Brythoneg; Cornish: Brythonek; Breton: Predeneg), also known as British, Common Brythonic, or Proto-Brittonic, is a Celtic language historically...
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  • The linguistic legislation (official language status, right to speak Welsh before the court, Welsh Language Board responsible to administer the law) The...
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    Welsh-language literature (Welsh: Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg) has been produced continuously since the emergence of Welsh from Brythonic as a distinct language...
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  • The Welsh Government (Welsh: Llywodraeth Cymru) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Wales. The government consists of cabinet secretaries...
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  • (1946-2020), civil servant and the first Chief Executive of the Welsh Language Board John Coffin Jones Sr. (1750–1829), politician in the Massachusetts...
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    The Welsh Dragon (Welsh: y Ddraig Goch, meaning 'the red dragon'; pronounced [ə ˈðraiɡ ˈɡoːχ]) is a heraldic symbol that represents Wales and appears...
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  • Medieval Welsh literature is the literature written in the Welsh language during the Middle Ages. This includes material starting from the 5th century...
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    because they are traditionally cooked on a bakestone (Welsh: maen, lit. 'stone' or Welsh: planc, lit. 'board'), a cast-iron griddle about ½" (1.5 cm) or more...
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  • September 2020) was a civil servant and the first Chief Executive of the Welsh Language Board, a post which he held between 1993 and 2004. John Walter Jones was...
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  • Middle Welsh (Welsh: Cymraeg Canol, Middle Welsh: Kymraec) is the label attached to the Welsh language of the 12th to 15th centuries, of which much more...
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  • nature of the Pictish language: Pictish was an insular Celtic language allied to the P-Celtic language Brittonic (descendants Welsh, Cornish, Cumbric, and...
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    Cardigan, Ceredigion (category Articles containing Welsh-language text)
    the Welsh Language Board, set up a language action plan designed to provide opportunities for people of all ages to get together to speak Welsh. Cardigan...
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  • Hinterland (TV series) (category CS1 Welsh-language sources (cy))
    Y Gwyll (Welsh for 'the dusk') in the original Welsh language version — is a Welsh noir police procedural series broadcast on S4C in Welsh. The main...
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