The Welsh government has a target of achieving one million Welsh speakers by 2050 Welsh-speaking communities will receive more support after calls for a "radical shift" to stop the language's decline.

Welsh was actively discouraged in schools by means including the hated Welsh Not. The mid-19th century was a turbulent period in Welsh history. Popular risings and riots broke out across the country.

At work in central Hong Kong, David Hand is surrounded by people speaking Chinese and English. But inside his home, the Welsh language rules. Hand’s three children – Arwen, Huw and Tomos – have never ...

Two classic novels by George Orwell have been translated into Welsh for the first time. Animal Farm, a 1945 political allegory inspired by the Russian Revolution, is set in north-west Wales in the ...

Catrin Fflur Huws does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

March began with St David's Day, which highlights all that is good about Wales and is held in honour of the country's patron saint. The Welsh language is central to our national identity, and dates ...

From an assembly with very limited powers, and a debating chamber once described as resembling a restaurant on a cross-channel ferry, to plans to call itself a Welsh Parliament - how devolution in ...

Robin Mann receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council and the British Academy. He is a Reader in Sociology at Bangor University and also Co-director of the Wales Institute of ...

And although these words are great, there are so many others term that offer interesting meanings and an insight into our how native language was formed. Here we look at 13 singular Welsh words you ...