Welsh Speakers facts
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There is a colony of Welsh speakers in Argentine Patagonia, set up in 1865 by Welsh people who believed their native language was threatened in their native Wales. An estimated 5,000-12,000 people there speak Welsh as their first language, a further 25,000 speaking it as their second language.
how many welsh speakers?
There is a colony of Welsh speakers in Patagonia. The Welsh people first arrived in Patagonia in 1865. The reason for their migration was to protect their native Welsh culture and language, which they believed was threatened in their native Wales.
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what is the percentage of welsh speakers in wales?
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The word 'Welsh' comes from the Proto-Germanic 'Walhaz', meaning Roman/Celtic speaker. The countries/regions of Wales (UK), Wallonia (Predominately French speaking region in Belgium), Welschland (French speaking region of Switzerland) and many others all get their name from this.
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Chubut Province in Argentina has ~5000 native Welsh speakers
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About Y Wladfa (Welsh: "the Colony") a small community of Patagonian Welsh speakers who settled in the Chubut Province of Argentina
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There are 25,000 Welsh speakers in Argentina. Most are concentrated in a Welsh colony known as Y Wladfa in Patagonia.
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Robert Recorde, a Welsh physician and mathematician, invented the "equals" (=) sign and introduced the already pre-existing "plus" (+) sign to English speakers in 1557.
