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>>>Good thing that not too many people in Wales can read/understand the Welsh language :) (according to Wikipedia)
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>>True. Only a few enclaves where Welsh is the first language used by the community. Government is trying to keep it alive and the BBC have a Welsh radio station - but it's a losing battle. Even the Welsh accent seems to be dying out. Odd thing is that you often hear Welsh grammar even when people are speaking English - 'Going to the pub is Dai' etc...
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>Personally, do you care if government/BBC is successful or not as far as Welsh language?

It would be sad to see the end of Welsh as a 'living' language (guess the same is true of any language) but I'm afraid it's doomed to failure. Both my youngest daughters were/are taught Welsh at both primary and secondary schools (i.e up to age 15). They know/speak it about as well as they know French but have no real interest in it. From the POV of a practical education that would be useful in later life it would have been far better if they had studied say Spanish (or Mandarin :-} )

Sad....