Areas of higher density linguistic significance at the heart of new policy recommendations.
Welsh is a national language that belongs to all communities in Wales, and in the National Eisteddfod in Pontypridd today (8 August 2024), the Commission for Welsh-speaking Communities launched a comprehensive report recommending strategic policy interventions to strengthen the Welsh language in communities where a high percentage of the population speaks the language. The designation of 'areas of higher density linguistic significance' is central to the proposals to protect and strengthen Welsh as a thriving community language.
The Commission was established by the Welsh Government in summer 2022 to respond to the declining percentage of Welsh speakers in communities where the majority of the population speaks the language, or where this has been the case until relatively recently.
The Welsh Government announced the Commission's second phase, which is to look at the position of the Welsh language within other communities in Wales and beyond.
For further information please select the following links:
- Strengthening Welsh language communities | GOV.WALES
- Commission for Welsh-speaking Communities: report | GOV.WALES
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