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   by fdsafdsafds 3y ago

   I have a friend, free_glamorgan. Sounds like you guys should meet up!
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   by fdsafdsafds 3y ago

   Long and complex-looking terms in the de facto language of a particular area of research are quite different from long and complex-looking novel terms in a highly localised minority language which the speakers of that language would have di
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   by fdsafdsafds 3y ago

   >ahaha, no. welsh it has been killed "recently" by internal policies, about education etc. not because the Normans influence or whatever. My point exactly. The onwards march of that awful mongrel language English, trampling all
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   by fdsafdsafds 3y ago

   >Welsh is a post-child for the effectiveness of teaching it in schools and "forcing" it to be supported. Usefully. You can say it's a good thing that an ancient language and corresponding culture is being saved (although I
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   by fdsafdsafds 3y ago

   >i really don't know what's the social makeup of Welsh speakers There's a helpful map here: https://datamap.gov.wales/maps/welsh-language-statistics/ Zooming in on Cardiff shows exactly what I de
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   by fdsafdsafds 3y ago

   In fact, I would go further, and say that Welsh in Cardiff is spoken almost exclusively by an upper middle-class "elite". You can say that publishing in Welsh helps preserve the language, but you can't argue that it's go
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   by fdsafdsafds 3y ago

   In this case, Welsh is not the local language of Cardiff, nor is it for large areas of Wales (judging by % of Welsh speakers).