• Vulnérable

  60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 562,016 in Wales

  Locuteurs natifs dans le monde
• Communauté ethnique

  2,955,841 residents of Wales

• ENFANTS

  153,888

• JEUNES ADULTES

  180,226

• ADULTES

  136,970

• PERSONNES ÂGÉES

  90,932

DATE OF INFO

2011

DOMAINES D'UTILISATION

TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS

Caractères, systèmes d'écriture et orthographes

Roman

PLACES

Wales, UK; Argentina

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Editors' note: While Welsh speakers are found in many places in Wales, the broader UK, and parts of Argentina, we have chosen to place three map points near the main centers for the three areas in Wales with the largest numbers of Welsh speakers: Caernarfon, Gwynedd; Llangefni, Anglesey; and Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.

• Vulnérable

  60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 317,000

  Locuteurs natifs dans le monde
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  "According to the Welsh Language Use Surveys of 2004–06, 58% (317 thousand) of those who could speak Welsh considered themselves fluent."

DATE OF INFO

2001-2006

DOMAINES D'UTILISATION

TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS

MORE ON VITALITY

"The trends from 1891 to 1971 can be described fairly simply: with a few exceptions, the percentage of Welsh speakers in every age group declined from one census to the next."

Caractères, systèmes d'écriture et orthographes

Roman

Orthographe

"At a national level, 20.8% could speak Welsh [to some degree], 20.2% could read the language, and 17.7% could write it."