>>>>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-29809745
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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?
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>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 :-} )
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>Sad....

I understand your point and the sadness of losing a language of your ancestry. Kind of like my people lost Yiddish (that was spoken in my home when I was growing up).
Funny that my daughters also took French and can get by in it. But both now admit that they would be better off taking Spanish. This is why I am learning both Spanish and French :)