Speak Welsh? Don’t speak Welsh? Want your kids to learn the language and what it’s all about to be Welsh?
Then you may want to attend this year’s Eisteddfod Yr Urdd being held just outside Carmarthen at the Carmarthen Showgrounds this week. Loads of stuff for kids to do and, of course, all […]

You thought learning Welsh was hard, how about trying dolphin.
Even the dolphins off the west coast of Wales have their own dialect.
Link: The Register - story
Link: BBC News - story

A llongyfarchiadau!
The Welsh Language board has gone one step farther in meeting the needs of handicapped users by providing visitors with the option of having the page read to them. This service is available in either English or Welsh. What’s especially outstanding about this is the use of an embedded player to handle […]

Than the BBC story lead in:
Bilingual Welsh sign stumps Scots
Apparently a North Walian firm took along their standard signs to do some work in Scotland. Trouble was the bilingual signs were all in Welsh and English thus upsetting the local crowd.
The local MP suggested if they were going to use bilingual signs they […]

As soon as you’ve crossed the Severn Bridge back into Wales you begin to see Welsh place names appear alongside the English ones on the sign posts.  For me, this marks my return home - I like seeing both.  However, there is a strong campaign to make changes.
Some place names are so similar in both […]

And loads of them. This one is an interesting one for learners such as myself. Morfablog is administered by Nic Dafis, a Welsh tutor (according to Suite 101 - I don’t know who he is myself). And if you want to see how your learning experience compares to someone else, check out Telsa’s […]