You may remember this from year 7, when you did the chapter on Wales: The Welsh people's own language (Welsh) is still alive and spoken, and it is even the first language for many families, especially in rural areas. These people grow up speaking Welsh, and they learn English in kindergarten and at school. Welsh is a Celtic language - approximately as old as Latin, and closely related to Gaelic (Irish and Scottish) and Breton (in France).
You see bilingual signs everywhere - traffic signs, posters, official announcements - and there are even Welsh radio and TV channels. In the video below you can see that even native speakers of English have great trouble pronouncing Welsh words, for example placenames. Watch the video and see whether you can find any rule for the pronunciation of Welsh from the explanations that follow the hopeless attempts of the English tourists.
You see bilingual signs everywhere - traffic signs, posters, official announcements - and there are even Welsh radio and TV channels. In the video below you can see that even native speakers of English have great trouble pronouncing Welsh words, for example placenames. Watch the video and see whether you can find any rule for the pronunciation of Welsh from the explanations that follow the hopeless attempts of the English tourists.
