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This post is part of our special coverage Languages and the Internet. “Trydar y Cymry” means “the twittering of the Welsh” or “the Welsh twitterers” (the verb “trydar” now being used in connection ...
The what3words addressing app is now available in Welsh. Cymraeg, or Welsh, has been added to support Welsh businesses, thousands of Welsh-speaking people, and the Welsh Emergency Services who use the ...
Peredur Webb-Davies works for Bangor University and has received research grant funding in the past from the ESRC and Research Council UK. The Welsh language, Cymraeg, has changed linguistically a lot ...
Welcome to Source Notes, a Future Tense column about the internet’s knowledge ecosystem. If you say, “Alexa, faint o’r gloch yw hi?” the smart speaker will not understand that you are asking for the ...
Welsh Language Commissioner Meri Huws has published a set of proposed new standards that will force public bodies to increase significantly their commitment to providing services in Welsh. Ms Huws’ ...
It’s now nine years since the Welsh Government outlined what it called a “challenging ambition” to have one million Welsh speakers in Wales by 2050. The plan was unveiled back in 2016 and effectively ...