Welsh Language

Today in class we talked about Wales. Dr. H showed us lots of Youtube videos on the Welsh language. The Welsh language is spoken in Wales, of course, and is also known as “Cambrian,” “Cambric,” or “Cymric.” About 22% of the population in Wales speaks the language, and of those speakers only about half consider themselves fluent. We watched an interesting brief documentary about the language. Many of the interviewees spoke about how the Welsh language is becoming not exactly extinct, but less prevalent and less widely used in Wales. It seems to be upsetting to many true Welsh people, as it is a reflection of their roots and true British identity that is different from other British identities.

In Shakespeare we worked on our Sonnets. We prepared a presentation for the class that we will present on Wednesday.