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Welsh language

LC control no.sh 85146070
LC classificationPB2101 PB2199
Topical headingWelsh language
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Variant(s)Cambrian language
Cambric language
Cymraeg language
Cymric language
See alsoBrythonic languages
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Found inWikipedia, Feb. 6, 2013 (Welsh language. Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "the British tongue", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". Language family: Celtic, Insular Celtic, Brythonic)
Lyrics of the Middle Ages, 1990: p. 265 (Welsh (or Cymric), the original language of the Britons before the Anglo-Saxon invasions of the 400s)
Ethnologue, via WWW, Feb. 6, 2013 (Welsh. A language of United Kingdom. Also spoken in Argentina in Patagonia, Chubut Territory, Canada, United States. Alternate names: Cymraeg. Classification: Indo-European, Celtic, Insular, Brythonic)
Oxford dictionaries pro, via WWW, Feb. 6, 2013 (Cambrian 1 (chiefly in names or geographical terms) Welsh)