Is the Welsh culture and language still alive?

This quote appeared in the Times newspaper, a reputable source of information. You may well believe it to be the case. After all, it's common knowledge that the Welsh language is either dead, or dying. Now consider the fact that the above quote was written in 1866. Yes, 1866 – that's 145 years ago! read more

The language is very much alive. It has somewhere around 750,000 speakers, including around 150,000 speakers outside Wales. Within Wales it’s around 20% of the population. read more

Central to Welsh culture is the centuries-old folk tradition of poetry and music which has helped keep the Welsh language alive. Welsh intellectuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries wrote extensively on the subject of Welsh culture, promoting the language as the key to preserving national identity. read more