Welsh ( or , , ), is a member of the
Brythonic branch of
Celtic spoken natively in
Wales (Cymru), in
England by some along the Welsh border and in the
Welsh immigrant colony in the
Chubut Valley in
Argentine Patagonia.There are also speakers of Welsh throughout the world, most notably in the rest of
Great Britain, the
United States,
Canada,
Australia and
New Zealand.Due to the increasing use of the
English language the numbers of Welsh speakers had been declining for decades. However, following a number of measures, including the introduction of the
Welsh Language Act 1993, Welsh has enjoyed a strong revival in recent years and has an equal status with English in the public sector in Wales. It competes with
Breton (a close relative spoken in
France) as the most-spoken Celtic language. 62% of the 611,000 Welsh speakers in Wales claim to use Welsh daily, and 88% of the ones fluent in the language use it daily.
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