Anyone trying to learn Welsh? And why?

[Óttar]

People attempting to revive Cumbric (the former Celtic dialect of NW England before Northumbria expanded) are trying to make it more phonetic.

I agree with that BBC documentary about language loss, when the narrator says, 'I'm all for preserving languages, but once you're dead, that's it!' He was referring to Cornish. I am also very skeptical of the revival of Manx (Gaelic), which sounds very close to Irish Gaelic, they should just switch to the standard of that tongue. This Cumbric I haven't heard of until now, and I think it most sensible to consign it to the graveyard of history once and for all where it belongs.

I think the Scots, Irish, Welsh and others have a right to want to preserve their culture, but up to a certain point it becomes a ridiculous 'Ten Little Kingdoms' scenario.

[Albion]

I agree with that BBC documentary about language loss, when the narrator says, 'I'm all for preserving languages, but once you're dead, that's it!' He was referring to Cornish. I am also very skeptical of the revival of Manx (Gaelic), which sounds very close to Irish Gaelic, they should just switch to the standard of that tongue.

Well all three Gaelic languages could really be considered as just strong dialects of the same language.

This Cumbric I haven't heard of until now, and I think it most sensible to consign it to the graveyard of history once and for all where it belongs.

Well as I said, it's probably nice for some people as a sort of hobby language but I don't want to see some weird Celtic movement in NW England all of a sudden. I suppose people who want to learn Cumbric could learn Welsh really since it is often considered a dialect of Old Welsh.

[Graham]

Cumbric can be found in the poem Y Gododdin.


Comparison of Scottish Gaelic and Irish

[Zorg]

I was gonna learn it as a homage to my Welsh Quaker ancestry but, really it's just way too impractical.

[Ivo Arandur]

I was gonna learn it as a homage to my Welsh Quaker ancestry but, really it's just way too impractical.

Practical's boring


p.s. i just started learning Welsh again

[Mistel]

Sorry, I'm digging up an old thread! I lived in Wales from the age of 7 until I left to go to university when I was 22. I studied Welsh to the age of 14, after which I went to an English school over the border in Shropshire. I only remember basic phrases in Welsh. If I moved back to Wales I would take it up again and do a language course. At university I knew an American girl who had started learning Welsh in the States and then came to my university (Aberystwyth). She fell in love with the language and place. Now she speaks it fluently I think.

[Albion]

Uhtred is. As tempting as it is, I don't think I'd put the effort in. A part of me also wants to learn Gaelic to connect to my Irish heritage and sort of begin a rapprochement with the Irish...

[Smaug]

Uhtred is. As tempting as it is, I don't think I'd put the effort in. A part of me also wants to learn Gaelic to connect to my Irish heritage and sort of begin a rapprochement with the Irish...

Yes. I still want to post that quick Welsh course I promissed, some English members seem to be interested, how about you?

[Albion]

Yes. I still want to post that quick Welsh course I promissed, some English members seem to be interested, how about you?

I'm interested, I just don't know if I'd put the effort in, I have tonnes of other stuff to be getting on with. Post it anyway, even if no members here view it it will be seen by more people on the greater internet.