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Welsh 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 Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011. [7] [5] [6] The official languages of the Senedd are Welsh and English. [8]
The Laws in Wales Acts of 1535–1542 annexed Wales to England, abolished the Welsh legal system, and banned the Welsh language from any official role and status. It also allowed members representing Wales to be elected to Parliament for the first time, although these were often not Welsh. [ 9 ]
The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. [13] Welsh and English are de jure official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd, [14] with Welsh being the only de jure official language in any part of the United Kingdom, with English being merely de facto official. [15]
The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 modernised the 1993 Welsh Language Act and gave Welsh an official status in Wales for the first time, a major landmark for the language. Welsh is the only official de jure language of any country in the UK.
Language Type Spoken in Numbers of speakers in the UK English: Germanic (West Germanic) : Throughout the United Kingdom UK (2021 data): 91.1% (52.6 million) of usual residents, aged three years and over, had English (English or Welsh in Wales) as a main language (down from 92.3%, or 49.8 million, in 2011) [22]
For many young people in Wales, the acquisition of Welsh is a gateway to better careers, according to research from the Welsh Language Board and Careers Wales. [69] The Welsh Government identified media as one of six areas likely to experience greater demand for Welsh speakers: [69] the sector is Wales's third-largest revenue earner.
The presence of English in Wales intensified on the passing of the Laws in Wales Acts of 1535–1542, the statutes having promoted the dominance of English in Wales; this, coupled with the closure of the monasteries, which closed down many centres of Welsh education, led to decline in the use of the Welsh language. The decline of Welsh and the ...
Welsh is an official language in Wales as legislated by the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011. [192] Both Welsh and English are also official languages of the Senedd. [ 193 ] The proportion of the Welsh population able to speak the Welsh language fell from just under 50 per cent in 1901 to 43.5 per cent in 1911, and continued to fall to a low ...