Minority languages in UK

There are some minority languages in UK. I researched about Welsh.

The Welsh Language

Welsh is a one of the Celtic language. Welsh is closely related to Cornish and Breton. Cornish is spoken in Cornwall. Breton is spoken in Britain. There are about one million native speaker of Breton a century ago in the world. However a native speaker of Breton shrink by half of a native speaker of Welsh today.

History

At the beginning of the 19th century, 80% of people in Wales spoke Welsh, but during the century, English became the main language of some areas of the country. At the start of the 20th century, the Welsh language was spoken by almost half the population of Wales.

Number of speakers

The population of Wales is about three million. The total of Welsh speakers currently estimated to be around 20 ％of the population. The people who can speak Welsh increased to around 80,000 in 2001. Chirdren study Welsh in school of Wales. Welsh are used in trial, TV, and radio. 37.7% of children between 3 and 15 years old in Wales can speak the language.

The sound of Welsh
Sentence of Welsh start usually a verb. Welsh don't use j, k, q, v, x, and z. Welsh use ch, dd, ff, ll, ng, ph, rh, and th as an alphabet instead.

Legislation

The Welsh language Act 1967 assured the right to use Welsh more widely in court.