Welsh speakers email and text mostly in English, survey finds

A text message in Welsh One in eight Welsh speakers said they tended to text friends using the language Continue

Welsh speakers mainly use English in email and social media, according to a new survey.

One in eight said they always or mainly used Welsh when sending text messages, and one in 10 in email.

On Facebook, 9% of Welsh speakers always or mainly wrote in Welsh while on Twitter it was about 6%.

Around 46% of Welsh speakers considered themselves fluent - down from 58% in the last survey in 2004-06

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