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Voices from early medieval Wales (AD 400s -1070s)

Many different languages were heard in Wales during the early medieval and medieval periods. People from other countries invaded, came here to work or had prolonged contact through trade.

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The Welsh dialect of Blaenpennal, Ceredigion

An example of the Welsh dialect of Blaenpennal, Ceredigion by Mrs Elizabeth Evans, born 1900

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  • Early Stone Inscriptions and their Languages

  • Early Stone Inscriptions and their Languages

  • Date added 27/07/2010
  • Inscribed stones form the most prolific evidence for the understanding of the evolution of the Welsh kingdoms, languages, literacy and the church in the period between the Roman and Norman conquests
  • English in Wales

  • English in Wales

  • Date added 03/08/2010
  • For the majority of people living in Wales, English is their first and only language. This was not always so.

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