Monday, 26 September 2011

so what exactly is the written Welsh Language?

How many welsh language dialects are there?

1) North (gog)
2) South (hyntw)

Less spoken
Hyntw / ashmolean / Gymraeg The language odf the welsh who settled in English or studied at Oxford prior to teh University of Wales establishment

Cumbrian / Scottish Less codified than that and predating teh Norman Conquest

Overseas dialects such as in Australasia, North America and Patagonia (Argentina)

2 comments:

  1. There is also teh Gymraeg of Elizabeth 1sts translation of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer into Welsh which was the first attempt at codification.

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  2. There is also the Gymraeg of teh WElsh community's translations in the reign of Elizabeth 1sts of the Bible and Book of Common Prayer into Welsh which was the first attempt at codification.

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