{"id":21266,"date":"2017-02-23T15:58:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T15:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=21266"},"modified":"2017-02-23T15:58:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T15:58:44","slug":"promoting-cymraeg-welsh-speakers-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/promoting-cymraeg-welsh-speakers-language","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Welsh back on the street"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Wales has succeeded in protecting its national language. But now comes the hard part: to actually promote it.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21405\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-21405 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/14157159536_b6410e12a9_b-625x349.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"349\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21405 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/14157159536_b6410e12a9_b-625x349.png\" width=\"625\" height=\"349\" \/><\/noscript> Matthew Wilkinson via Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you wanted to meet a really proficient Welsh speaker, you would probably take a car and head for Anglesey, or Snowdonia. Taking a plane to the States would be pretty low on your list. So imagine your surprise should you come across Robert Joseph Jones, Pennsylvania born and bred and yet a fully bilingual Cymraeg speaker and teacher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen I was 11,\u201d he recalls, \u201cI had the option of learning a second language in school. And since my great-grandfather was Welsh, I thought, \u2018Why not?\u2019. There was a book about Welsh in the school\u2019s library, and from there, I just learned it on my own.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not having anyone to actually speak Welsh with, apart from penpals, obviously made it harder for Robert. Nevertheless, after decades of learning he\u2019s come a long way: \u201cHardly a day goes boy when I don\u2019t use Welsh in some form. Even when I think to myself, I do it in Welsh.\u201d Also, his friends tell him he developed a North Wales accent &#8211; appropriate, since that&#8217;s where his ancestors came from.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21440\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21440\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/Welsh-ancestry-in-the-world-625x373.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"373\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21440\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/Welsh-ancestry-in-the-world-625x373.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"373\" \/><\/noscript> Data from the Welsh Assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robert\u2019s love affair with his ancestors\u2019 reminds policymakers &#8211; on this side of the Atlantic &#8211; of a fundamental factor: that retaining Welsh skills, especially after school, is ultimately down to individual commitment. \u201cThe Welsh government has succeeded in keeping Welsh-speaking education popular and in demand,\u201d says Mirain Rhys, a Psychology lecturer at Cardiff Met. \u201c[But] if you think about anything you\u2019re forced to do as a child, your first response is to fight against it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re taught to speak a language \u2026 that you don\u2019t speak with anyone except your teachers and classmates, then it\u2019s very natural for a child to go, \u2018Well, I don\u2019t want to do it.\u2019 The problem right now is that Welsh isn\u2019t used in social settings. [That\u2019s why] lots of people are talking of \u2018making Welsh cool\u2019, making one want to speak it in the streets.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Rhys explains, the lack of overlap between the school environment and everyday life is one of the big impediments to revitalizing Welsh. In that respect, little things like bilingual signage on the streets play a crucial role &#8211; despite accusations of \u201ctokenism\u201d. \u201cI think there\u2019s two views on Welsh-English bilingual policies. Some people see [them just] as an indication of the fact there\u2019s two languages in this country, but nobody actually reads the Welsh bit of the signs in Cardiff. On the other hand, [people] have to remember that the Welsh language has equal standing to English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf you didn\u2019t see [the signage, Welsh] would very, very easily disappear, because we still have this massive issue of children not thinking that speaking Welsh is the natural thing to do even outside of school. If young children see bilingual signage everywhere they go, there\u2019s a little part in them that thinks: \u2018Oh yeah, I know that.\u2019\u201d She welcomes programs like the soon-to-start <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/newsroom\/welshlanguage\/2017\/cymraeg-for-kids-rolled-out-across-wales\/?lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cymraeg for Kids<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, hoping that they will make the link between school and the community stronger. \u201cThink, for example, of children who speak Welsh in a shop and then see someone else &#8211; whom they\u2019ve never met before &#8211; who speaks Welsh as well. Things like that reinforce the importance of their learning Welsh. If you don\u2019t have that visibility, you\u2019ve lost the background.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21336\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-21336\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/Welsh_speakers_in_the_2011_census-625x693.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"554\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21336\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/Welsh_speakers_in_the_2011_census-625x693.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"554\" \/><\/noscript> Percentage of Welsh speakers as of 2011 (SkateTier via Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bilingual signage is a staple of the multiculturalist, or \u2018preservationist\u2019 approach to language policy &#8211; one that is well ingrained in the Welsh government\u2019s policy. There\u2019s even a dedicated Welsh Language Commissioner, who assesses the quality of bilingual output in public (and now also private) sectors. Nevertheless, a lot more will be done to reach the government\u2019s endgame of a million Welsh speakers by 2050.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThat\u2019s a really ambitious target,\u201d says Ruth Richards, of Welsh language pressure group Dyfodol. \u201cIt would be fantastic if that\u2019s achieved, [but] there has to be a consistently funded, long-term vision. Money that\u2019s been earmarked for the Welsh language cannot be diverted. One weakness in the past &#8211; one that needs addressing &#8211; was that awareness of the Welsh language issue is not present throughout all government departments as it should.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although cuts are have put as strain public budgets, Richards sees hopeful developments in the Welsh language strategy: \u201cFor the past ten years or so, the emphasis has been a defensive one, on defending the rights of Welsh speakers. Which is all well and good, but [the effort also needs to be made] to create Welsh speakers and give [them] opportunities to use Welsh in all areas of their lives. There does seem to be a movement towards that &#8211; a shift in emphasis in the [government\u2019s] strategy, and that\u2019s something that should be welcomed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You might think that a language that lost half of its speakers in a century is not prepared to deal with the age of technology, where new words are invented every year. But as Richards explains, Welsh as fared exceptionally well in this regard: \u201cLanguage is a constantly evolving thing. Welsh has responded very creatively. For example, there is a word for computer, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cyfrifiadur<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and even something for \u2018laptop\u2019, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gliniadur<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which [brings] \u2018computer\u2019 and \u2018lap\u2019 together. I have my iPad in front of me and it\u2019s called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Llechen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which is actually Welsh for \u2018slate\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21330\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21330\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/Untitled-2-625x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21330\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/02\/Untitled-2-625x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"300\" \/><\/noscript> How the Welsh language labelled new\u00a0technologies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere is an awful lot of creativity going on around the language, and in the fields of literature and poetry. So my worry isn\u2019t really about [Welsh\u2019s capacity to evolve], but rather that we should remain a living language through which people can just go on about their lives.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat we would like to see \u2026 is an emphasis [on] actually <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">enjoying<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> using the Welsh language informally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welsh is definitely not the easiest of languages to learn, and bilingual signs are obviously a godsend for foreigners. But the language is hardly a relic of the past, obstinately clinging to a globalist English. On the contrary, it\u2019s fighting its way back into the nation\u2019s pride.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Latin might be dead, but <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cymraeg <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is alive and kicking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh government has so far focused on preserving the Welsh language. 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