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primarily spoken in Wales. It is the traditional language of Wales but was supplanted in large part by English, becoming a minority language in the early 20th century. For the year ending 30 June 2022, the Welsh Annual Population Survey showed that 29.7% (899,500) people aged three or older were able
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The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 recognises that Welsh and English are official languages and established a legal framework for a statutory duty on public bodies in Wales to comply with Welsh standards. The legislation allows people to live through the medium of Welsh if they so wish. The
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Of the 101,000 people in Wales who did not speak Welsh or English as a main language in 2021, 78.0% said they could speak English well or very well, similar to 77.1% in 2011. 22.0% of people who did not speak English or Welsh as a main language could not speak English very well or at all.
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In both 2011 and 2021, Polish was the most spoken main language after Welsh and English, accounting for 0.7% of the population (21,000), up from 0.6% in 2011. Arabic was the next most common main language in Wales at 0.3%, up from 0.2% in 2011.
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British Sign Language (BSL) was the preferred language of 900 (0.03%), up from 800 in 2011. An additional 300 usual residents used another form of sign language or communication system other than BSL.
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In South Wales, the word "where" may often be expanded to "where to", as in the question, "Where to is your Mam?". The word "butty" is used to mean "friend" or "mate".
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In Wales, as of 2021, 96.7% of usual residents (2.9 million) aged three and above spoke Welsh or English as their main language. This is compared to 97.1% in 2011.
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is an official language of Wales, and is treated "no less favourably than the English language" which is also considered an official language, as legislated in the
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has limited use in Wales. It is not a sign language but a system using signs and symbols to help people who find speaking difficult, such as people with
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respectively), there exist distinctive grammatical conventions in vernacular Welsh English. Examples of this include the use by some speakers of the
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of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills.
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legislation states "the Welsh language must not be treated less favourably than the English language". The 2011 measure also created the
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There is no standard variety of English that is specific to Wales, but such features are readily recognised by Anglophones from
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during the 15th century. The first record of Roma in Wales comes from the 16th century. Welsh Romani is one of the many
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regardless of the form of the preceding statement and the placement of the subject and the verb after the
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Latin is also used to a limited degree in certain official mottos, legal terminology (
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This article is about the languages of Wales. For the language named Welsh, see
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Welsh English or Anglo-Welsh is the distinct form of English used in Wales.
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In 2017, the British Deaf Association claimed there were about 6,000
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language Second Edition
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as being from Wales, including the (actually rarely used) phrase
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Isca Augusta, the ancient Roman amphitheatre at Caerleon
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Welsh Romani (or Welsh Romany; sometimes also known as
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Statute of Rhuddlan

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