• Gefährdet

  60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 562,016 in Wales

  Muttersprachler weltweit
• Ethnische Population

  2,955,841 residents of Wales

• KINDER

  153,888

• JUNGE ERWACHSENE

  180,226

• ERWACHSENE

  136,970

• ÄLTERE PERSONEN

  90,932

DATUM DER INFORMATION

2011

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

Roman

ORTE

Wales, UK; Argentina

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG

Editors' note: While Welsh speakers are found in many places in Wales, the broader UK, and parts of Argentina, we have chosen to place three map points near the main centers for the three areas in Wales with the largest numbers of Welsh speakers: Caernarfon, Gwynedd; Llangefni, Anglesey; and Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.

• Gefährdet

  60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 317,000

  Muttersprachler weltweit
• MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER

  "According to the Welsh Language Use Surveys of 2004–06, 58% (317 thousand) of those who could speak Welsh considered themselves fluent."

DATUM DER INFORMATION

2001-2006

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"The trends from 1891 to 1971 can be described fairly simply: with a few exceptions, the percentage of Welsh speakers in every age group declined from one census to the next."

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

Roman

Rechtschreibung

"At a national level, 20.8% could speak Welsh [to some degree], 20.2% could read the language, and 17.7% could write it."