Welsh has its origins in the 6th century CE. English isn't registered as beginning until after the Roman Occupation. So English didn't start to develop until after the 4th century CE, but Old English is marked as beginning in the 5th Century.
History is a little fuzzy about it, but we can assume English started first.
Yes, Welsh was spoken in England. Welsh is a very old language, and at the time the earliest examples we have were written, parts of what is now England were entirely Welsh. In fact there are Welsh communities, in which people speak Welsh, today.
Initially the Tudors spoke welsh. Later they spoke Early modern English.
Owain Glyndwr's native language was Welsh, but as a member of the Welsh nobility he had been well-educated and was multi-lingual, also speaking English, French and Latin.
Wyau means eggs in Welsh.
The Welsh language emerged in the 6th century and is still in use.
The official language of the United Kingdom is English. Other languages are spoken there including Welsh, Gaelic, and other European tongues.
Wales is a country in the United Kingdom which has its own language, Welsh, spoken alongside English. It is considered the mainland territory where English is not the primary spoken language.
English is the most spoken language in Wales, with almost all of the population being able to speak English. Welsh is only spoken by about 460,000 people.
The most common language spoken in Wales is English. However, Welsh is also an official language of Wales and is spoken by a significant portion of the population.
The official language spoken in the UK is English. Additionally, some regions in the UK have their own regional languages like Welsh in Wales and Scottish Gaelic in Scotland.
The main language spoken in the UK is English. However, there are also several regional languages and dialects spoken throughout the country, such as Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, and Irish.
The Welsh language is most widely spoken in Wales, particularly in the north and west regions of the country. It is recognized as one of the official languages of Wales alongside English.
Yes. Gaelic and Welsh are spoken in specific areas too.
English and Welsh are the country's two official languages. English is spoken by close to 100% of the population and Welsh by around 20%. The use of Welsh in everyday life increases the further west and north one goes in Wales.English is the predominant language in Wales although some 20% speak the Welsh language (Cymraeg) which appears to be growing in numbers. There are undoubtedly other languages spoken due to recent immigration.Wales is bilingual so it has two languages it differs in some areas of Wales for instance in South Wales English is more dominant with it being on the signs first then followed by the welsh translation, but in North Wales Welsh is more dominant than English, for example the police in north wales is Heddlu then the English for police and in south wales police would in English first then in Welsh.Note, Heddlu is welsh for policeEnglish, although a small minority also speak Welsh.The main language in Wales is English.Welsh or Cymraeg is the national language of Wales spoken by about 22% of the Welsh population.English is the most widely spoken other language.Actually, only about 15% of Wales is able to speak Welsh. English is spoken by almost 100%.I am welsh and so i would generally say that the national language in wales is welsh, even though i do not speak it myself. it has only recently been approved by the welsh assembly government to be an official language but now that it has it is the national language here.The official languages of Wales are English and Welsh. Roadsigns are offered in both languages, and a native Welsh speaker has a legal right to use his own language for nearly all official purposes. (English is always acceptable, unless there is a specific need for Welsh).The main language used in the country of wales is welsh and EnglishAround 80% speak English and 20% speak Welsh (Cymraeg).Welsh is the official language of Wales but has been dying out until recent years when there seems to have been a increase in interest in the language..The languages they speak in Wales are English and Welsh. About 20%speak Welsh.English is spoken by everyone but about 20% still speak the native language Welsh.It is a Celtic language most closely related to Breton spoken in northwest France.The language is more distantly related to Irish and Scottish Gaelic but they are not intelligible to a Welsh speaker. The language is called Cymraeg in Welsh.People in Wales speak Welsh (20%) and English (80%).People in Wales normally speak English and welsh but there is a lot of diversity of nationalities so I you can think of language it is probably spoken in Wales.Normally Welsh and English but the country is cosmopolitan and therefore other languages are spoken but in a minority
English is the official language although Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic are also recognised.
The English language as it is written and spoken in Britain is called "British English." There is also an ancient British language, called Brythonic, which survives as Welsh and Breton.The English language is the accepted standard language spoken at the time.British language is the various colloquial languages spoken in Britain, there are over 200 distinct british dialects.The standard is currently based on the Oxford English dictionary but is changing daily.
Welsh is used as the first language by a fifth of the Welsh population, in preference to English. Opponents of the Welsh language deliberatley misrepresent this fact to suggest that only one fifth of the population can speak Welsh AT ALL, but this is not true. The total number of Welsh people who can speak some Welsh, even if it only amounts to a few words and phrases, amounts to about two-thirds of the country's population. The 'one fifth' bit applies to those who use Welsh in preference to English.