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==Facts about Welsh == | ==Facts about Welsh == | ||
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>cym</code> | *'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>cym</code> | ||
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Welsh" in Welsh''): <code>Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg</code> | |||
*'''Other names for "Welsh"''': <code>Cymraeg, Galés</code> | |||
*'''The Welsh language is spoken in''': <code>United Kingdom</code> | |||
Welsh is a Brittonic language of the Celtic language family that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language | |||
==Welsh Dictionaries== | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru]: Dictionary of the Welsh language, historical dictionary & Welsh-English | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://geiriadur.uwtsd.ac.uk/ University of Wales]: Welsh-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.lexicelt.org/ Lexicelt]: Welsh-Irish dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.lexicelt.org/llyfryn.aspx?cchptr=1&lang=ga-D-cy&disp=0 vocabulary by topics]: phrases <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> & [http://www.lexicelt.org/info.aspx?cchptr=51&lang=ga-D-cy&disp=11 grammar] | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://webs.xadica.cat/catalunyacymru/amryw/1_vortaroy/vortaro_kimra_katalana_MILGI_indekso_1876c.htm Welsh-Catalan dictionary] & etymology | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/cyfystyronygymra00jone?view=theater Cyfystyron y gymraeg]: dictionary of Welsh synonyms by Griffith Jones (1892) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/geiriadurcymraeg00spur?view=theater Geiriadur Cymraeg a Saesneg], <span class="x">Spurell's Welsh-English dictionary</span> (1934) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=hzMEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Geiriadur Cymraeg a Saesonaeg], <span class="x">A Dictionary of the Welsh language</span> & grammar by William Spurrell (1848) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/welshvocabularyo00fyneuoft?view=theater The Welsh vocabulary] <span class="x">of the Bangor district</span>, by Osbert Fynes-Clinton (1913) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19704/19704-h/19704-h.htm Pocket dictionary Welsh-English], <span class="x">Geiriadur llogel Cymraeg a Saesoneg</span>, by William Richards (1861) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=8OYYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 English and Welsh dictionary], <span class="x">Geiriadur Seisoneg a Chymraeg</span>, by Daniel Silvan Evans (1858) | |||
[https://books.google.com/books?id=8OYYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 A-G] & [https://books.google.com/books?id=RiMVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover H-Z] | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/englishwelshpron00prysuoft?view=theater English and Welsh pronouncing dictionary], <span class="x">in which the pronunciation is given in Welsh letters</span>, by Robert Prys (1857) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/pictures/drawing-volumes/drawing-volume-53/ Pictorial dictionary] by Eliza Pughe (~1840) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8cDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Vocabulary of familiar dialogues in English and Welsh] by William Williams (1829) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=fAMGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover English and Welsh dictionary] by John Walters (1828) [https://books.google.com/books?id=fAMGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover A-J] & [https://books.google.com/books?id=pAMGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover K-Z] | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=d-4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 English-Welsh dictionary], <span class="x">Geiriadur Saesneg a Chymraeg</span>, by William Evans & improved by T. Richards (1812) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=micGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover English and Welch vocabulary] <span class="x">or An Easy Guide to the Antient British Language</span>, by Thomas Evans (1804) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=qYwNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT4 The English and Welch dictionary] by John Roderick (1737) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/glossaryofmediae00lewi?view=theater Glossary of mediæval Welsh law], <span class="x">based upon the Black book of Chirk</span> (<span class="x">Llyfr Du o'r Waun</span>) by Timothy Lewis (1913) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=RloUAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Antiquæ linguæ britannicæ] by John Davies (1809) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k930147 Antiquæ linguæ britannicæ], <span class="x">nunc vulgo dictæ Cambro-Britannicæ et Linguæ Latinæ Dictionarum Duplex</span>: Welsh-Latin dictionary by John Davies (1632) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.e-gymraeg.co.uk/enwaucymru/ dictionary of Welsh place names] Welsh-English <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028086621?view=theater The place-names of Wales] by Thomas Morgan (1912) | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/welsh_dictionary.htm | |||
==Free Welsh Lessons== | ==Free Welsh Lessons== | ||
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Facts about Welsh
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
cym
- Autonyms (how to write "Welsh" in Welsh):
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
- Other names for "Welsh":
Cymraeg, Galés
- The Welsh language is spoken in:
United Kingdom
Welsh is a Brittonic language of the Celtic language family that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric".
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language
Welsh Dictionaries
• Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru: Dictionary of the Welsh language, historical dictionary & Welsh-English
• University of Wales: Welsh-English dictionary
• Lexicelt: Welsh-Irish dictionary
• vocabulary by topics: phrases (+ audio) & grammar
• Welsh-Catalan dictionary & etymology
• Cyfystyron y gymraeg: dictionary of Welsh synonyms by Griffith Jones (1892)
• Geiriadur Cymraeg a Saesneg, Spurell's Welsh-English dictionary (1934)
• Geiriadur Cymraeg a Saesonaeg, A Dictionary of the Welsh language & grammar by William Spurrell (1848)
• The Welsh vocabulary of the Bangor district, by Osbert Fynes-Clinton (1913)
• Pocket dictionary Welsh-English, Geiriadur llogel Cymraeg a Saesoneg, by William Richards (1861)
• English and Welsh dictionary, Geiriadur Seisoneg a Chymraeg, by Daniel Silvan Evans (1858)
• English and Welsh pronouncing dictionary, in which the pronunciation is given in Welsh letters, by Robert Prys (1857)
• Pictorial dictionary by Eliza Pughe (~1840)
• Vocabulary of familiar dialogues in English and Welsh by William Williams (1829)
• English and Welsh dictionary by John Walters (1828) A-J & K-Z
• English-Welsh dictionary, Geiriadur Saesneg a Chymraeg, by William Evans & improved by T. Richards (1812)
• English and Welch vocabulary or An Easy Guide to the Antient British Language, by Thomas Evans (1804)
• The English and Welch dictionary by John Roderick (1737)
• Glossary of mediæval Welsh law, based upon the Black book of Chirk (Llyfr Du o'r Waun) by Timothy Lewis (1913)
• Antiquæ linguæ britannicæ by John Davies (1809)
• Antiquæ linguæ britannicæ, nunc vulgo dictæ Cambro-Britannicæ et Linguæ Latinæ Dictionarum Duplex: Welsh-Latin dictionary by John Davies (1632)
• dictionary of Welsh place names Welsh-English (+ audio)
• The place-names of Wales by Thomas Morgan (1912)
Sources
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/welsh_dictionary.htm