WelshLanguage
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Sigma KEE - WelshLanguage
WelshLanguage
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The WelshLanguage is a BrythonicLanguage of the UnitedKingdom. SIL code: WLS. ISO 639-1: cy. ISO 639-2(B): wel. ISO 639-2(T): cym. Population: 508,098 speakers (1991 census). Out of 575,102 speakers in 1971, it included 32,700 monolinguals, 542,402 bilinguals (1971 census). Population total all countries 580,000. Region: Northern, western, and southern Wales. Also spoken in Argentina, Canada. Alternate names: CYMRAEG. Dialects: NORTHERN WELSH, SOUTHERN WELSH, PATAGONIAN WELSH. Comments: 44,600 between 5 and 9 years old and speak Welsh, 47,100 between 10 and 14 years old (1991). 19% of the Welsh population speak the language, and 33% able to understand it (1998). Literature being produced. The Royal National Eisteddfod meets annually. 88% of those questioned believe they should be proud of Welsh, and that it should be treated equally with English. There is an increase in the number of parents choosing a Welsh-medium education for their children. Official language. Dictionary. Grammar. VSO. 525 Welsh primary and secondary schools provide Welsh-medium education to over 82,000 children (1999). Compulsory in most Welsh schools. Magazines, radio programs, TV. Bible 1588-1988.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instances | BrythonicLanguage | Of the seven InsularCelticLanguages (CelticLanguages), three are classified as a BrythonicLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| CelticLanguage | A CelticLanguage is any of seven closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in the UnitedKingdom, Ireland, and northern France.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| ContentBearingPhysical | Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition. |
| Entity | The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology. |
| HumanLanguage | The subclass of Languages used by Humans. |
| IndoEuropeanLanguage | There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| InsularCelticLanguage | All seven CelticLanguages are also classified as an InsularCelticLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| Language | A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people. |
| LanguageFamily | A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family) |
| LinguisticExpression | This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words. |
| NaturalLanguage | The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages. |
| Physical | An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time. |
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