Welsh
Name of the language
Enw’r iaith
Welsh
Cymraeg
Total number of speakers
Cyfanswm nifer y siaradwyr
562,000 (Census 2011)
562,000 (Cyfrifiad, 2011)
Regulated by
Rheoleiddir gan
Welsh Language Measure 2011 and the Welsh language Commissioner.
Mesur yr Iaith Gymraeg 2011 a Chomisiynydd yr Iaith Gymraeg.
Geographical area
Ardal ddaearyddol
Wales
Cymru
Language family
Teulu ieithyddol
Celtic
Celtaidd
Status of the language
Statws yr iaith
Official status in Wales
Statws swyddogol yng Nghymru
Status at the University
Statws yny Brifysgol
Universities are Autonomous bodies. They have to comply with the Welsh Language Standards
Mae prifysgolion yn sefydliadau hunan-reolaethol. Mae’n rhaid iddynt gydymffurfio â Safonau’r Iaith Gymraeg.
Fields of use
Meysydd defnydd
Public administration (although only 2 councils have Welsh as their official working langauges) must offer a biling service, media (S4C, Radio Cymru, no daily newspaper but community papers and magazines and an online service), education (22.47% currently in Welsh Medium or bilingual education), leisure – project but no real national policy.
Er mae dau gyngor yn unig sydd â’r Gymraeg yn iaith gwaith iddynt, mae’n rhaid i weinyddiad cyhoeddus gynnig gwasanaeth dwyieithog: cyfryngau (S4C, Radio Cymru, dim papur dyddiol ond papurau bro a chylchgronau a gwasanaeth ar-lein); addysg (22.47% mewn addysg Gymraeg neu ddwyieithog); hamdden,- prosiect ond dim polisi cenedlaethol gwrioneddol.
Members of the NPLD
Full member:
Lywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government
Associate members:
Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol | Welsh National College
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University
Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University
Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant | University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Mentrau Iaith Cymru | Welsh Language Initiative