ISO 639-3 · cymcym
Indo-European family
Welsh
Cymraeg
Welsh is a language of the Brythonic branch (Indo-European), spoken in United Kingdom and Argentina. Wikidata counts about 724,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Brittonic language spoken natively in Wales”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cym- ISO 639-1
cy- Glottocode
wels1247- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 52.10, -3.80
- Wikipedia
- 165 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Welsh · Cymraeg |
|---|---|
| Also called | Welsh language, Cymric, Cambric, Cambrian, y Gymraeg |
| All speakers | 724,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Welsh
The branches above Welsh, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in United Kingdom
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