The Welsh language emerged in the 6th century and is still in use.
Another answer:Currently over 20% say they can speak Welsh. Perhaps 12 per cent are fluent.Around 21.7% of the population
It is estimated that approximately 15-20% of the population in Tenby, Wales, speak Welsh. This equates to around 1,500-2,000 people.
Yes there are areas of the US that still have some that speak welsh. There were / are some Indian tribes that also spoke the language following the Welsh arriving on the US shores.
The everyday language is English. Many people also speak at least a little Welsh.
For the same reason that some Welsh people speak Welsh. Gaelic is the traditional language of Scotland so many people continue to speak it as they feel it is an intrinsic part of their cultural heritage.
Approximately 870,000 people speak Welsh worldwide, mainly in Wales where it is the official language. There are also smaller Welsh-speaking communities in other parts of the UK and in countries such as the USA, Canada, and Australia.
Yes. The vast majority of Welsh speakers are in Wales, while a larger number of people inside and outside France speak French. Around three-quarters of a million people speak Welsh; just over one hundred times that number speak French naturally and another 220 million as their second language.
Yes, Aled Jones can speak Welsh. He is a Welsh singer and presenter who is fluent in both English and Welsh.
Katherine Jenkins can speak welsh
200,000
The total number of people who know some Welsh (even if it's only a few words) is about 70-75%. About 20% of Welsh people (one fifth) use Welsh as their first language in preference to English. There are a tiny handful of people (most of them now very old) living in remote parts of rural Wales who can ONLY speak Welsh, or whose English is very poor. There are also several hundred thousands of Welsh expatriots living around the world who have some knowledge of Welsh, a sizeable number of which speak it fluently. In addition, several thousand Patagonian Argentinians can speak the language, due to the region having been colonised by Welsh emigrants in the 19th Century.