Welsh

E61316
Celtic language language

Welsh is a Celtic language native to Wales, known for its rich literary tradition and status as one of the oldest living languages in Europe.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Welsh language 4
Welsh American 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Breton ⓘ
Cornish ⓘ
hasAncestor Cornish ⓘ
surface form: Common Brittonic

Proto-Brythonic ⓘ
Proto-Celtic ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
hasDialects North Welsh ⓘ
South Welsh ⓘ
hasLiteraryTradition rich literary tradition ⓘ
hasOfficialNameInEnglishLaw Welsh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Welsh language
hasOfficialNameInWelshLaw y Gymraeg ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature initial consonant mutation ⓘ
hasWritingTraditionSince early Middle Ages ⓘ
ISO639-1Code cy ⓘ
ISO639-2Code cym ⓘ
wel ⓘ
ISO639-3Code cym ⓘ
isOneOf oldest living languages in Europe ⓘ
languageBranch Insular Celtic languages ⓘ
languageCodeStandard BCP 47: cy ⓘ
languageFamily Celtic languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
languageGroup Insular Celtic languages ⓘ
surface form: Brittonic languages
legalStatus minority language ⓘ
protected language ⓘ
nativeName Cymraeg ⓘ
nativeTo Wales ⓘ
officialStatusIn United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
officialStatusType co-official language ⓘ
protectedBy Government of Wales Act 1998 ⓘ
Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 ⓘ
Welsh Language Act 1993 ⓘ
region England ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
regulator Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg ⓘ
Welsh Language Commissioner ⓘ
spokenIn Argentina ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
subclassOf Brythonic language ⓘ
usedIn broadcasting in Wales ⓘ
education in Wales ⓘ
public administration in Wales ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southgate → hasLanguage → Welsh ⓘ
Powys → hasOfficialLanguage → Welsh ⓘ
Welsh → hasOfficialNameInEnglishLaw → Welsh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Enid → hasOrigin → Welsh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Wales → knownFor → Welsh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Gŵyr → languageUsed → Welsh ⓘ
Wales → officialLanguage → Welsh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Welsh American
this entity surface form: Welsh language