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| taKen Tetraglot Senior Member Norway mindofthelinguist.woRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6116 days ago 176 posts - 210 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Dutch, French Studies: German, Icelandic | Message 1 of 2 06 March 2010 at 4:15pm | IP Logged |
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So, I'm looking at what online resources there are available and I see there's a
difference between Northern and Southern Welsh. Are both these forms "official"? And which one should I choose? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5981 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 2 of 2 06 March 2010 at 5:22pm | IP Logged |
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I'm not sure to what extent either is "official". If you learn one, I'm sure you can adapt to understanding the other with a little study, so I don't think it really matters, and generally written Welsh is standardised anyway. I would pick on the basis of whether you are more likely to speak to North Welsh or South Welsh speakers first. Incidentally, there are regional variations beyond this simple divide as well, so people from Mid-Wales or West Wales will speak differently to people from, say, Cardiff. I guess this is the same for most languages, it just seems more stark when it is a language with much fewer speakers and covered over a smaller area than, say, English.
By the way, I'm not a Welsh speaker, but I live in Wales and know a few native speakers. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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