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.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Welsh canonical 38
Welsh language 20
Modern Welsh 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (63)

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

Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg officialLanguageRegulated Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Welsh Language Act 1993 primaryLanguageConcerned Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Land of My Fathers lyricsTheme Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Lynn etymologyFrom Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Holy Island language Welsh
George hasLanguageOfUse Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Floyd hasOrigin Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Griffin hasPossibleOrigin Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Tudor family of Penmynydd languageOfFamily Welsh
this entity surface form: Welsh language
Hafod etymologyLanguage Welsh