Welsh

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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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Welsh canonical 38
Welsh language 20
Modern Welsh 2

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
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 (63)

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

Wales officialLanguage Welsh
Wales knownFor Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
English American relatedEthnicGroup Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh American
Enid hasOrigin Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Powys hasOfficialLanguage Welsh
Welsh hasOfficialNameInEnglishLaw Welsh self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Eisteddfod cultural festival usesLanguage Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Southgate hasLanguage Welsh
Gŵyr languageUsed Welsh
Insular Celtic languages hasMember Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Insular Celtic languages influenced Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh English
Insular Celtic languages ancestorOf Welsh
this entity surface form: Modern Welsh
Gwent language Welsh
Fairwater hasLanguage Welsh
Gaiman languageUsed Welsh
Sully hasLanguage Welsh
Crynant hasLanguage Welsh
Taibach hasLanguage Welsh
Trebanos hasLanguage Welsh
Carmarthen Bay coast languageRegion Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Middle Welsh developedInto Welsh
this entity surface form: Modern Welsh
Llanmadoc languageUsed Welsh
Luke Evans ethnicGroup Welsh
Martyn hasOrigin Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Howel hasOrigin Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Kinnock ethnicGroup Welsh
subject surface form: Neil Kinnock
Sindarin inspiredBy Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Ffion Hague ethnicGroup Welsh
Irvine Welsh familyName Welsh
Aberaeron hasLanguage Welsh
Owain hasLanguageOfOrigin Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Welsh people nativeLanguage Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Welsh people ancestralTo Welsh
this entity surface form: Patagonian Welsh
Hay-on-Wye hasLanguage Welsh
Conwy hasOfficialLanguage Welsh
Conwy hasHighProportionOfSpeakersOf Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language