3 major issues (I'm Welsh): 1) The implementation of the teaching of the language is poor, with textbooks and other teaching materials often treating it like any other European language ("where is the hotel? Which way is the..." etc, instead of helping potential Welsh speakers learn more about the history and context of linguistic colonialism which the Welsh people were historically oppressed by and still are, i.e. "why it is right that we learn Welsh". 2) Due to the large-scale immigration of English-speakers to South Wales in the late 19th/early 20th century and the utter lack of community resources to ensure it's survival, the Welsh language has almost totally died out in South Wales (the economic heartland of Wales and the location of the capital, Cardiff) and remains (for all intents and purposes) utterly useless outside of the classroom, unless you go to a Welsh-medium school, and even then, you will be in a relative minority. 3) Due to the UK government's wonderful investiture in Welsh infrastructure, North and South Wales remain essentially two different countries, with no major transport links (motorways, rail lines) going to North from South Wales, which ensures that the Welsh in the south (Anglicised) and the Welsh in the North (more likely to speak Welsh) have weak connections to each other, and tend to view each other as totally different communities, thus damaging chances to form a unified approach to Welsh identity, culture and language.

@@henriashurst-pitkanen8735 It all makes sense, I've heard people in the North usually speak Welsh and also that they're trying to encourage Welsh learning more but even when they do that, it seems that for obvious reasons people use English more. I think Wales is the most beautiful country in Europe ( even outside of Europe to me) and the language is really interesting, just like its history and people, however even if there were more people wanting to speak Welsh outside of school, I think it would be difficult since everyone else just uses English and so where would they use Welsh. At least, I hope things in the north don't change for bad.

Most people who can speak Welsh mainly speak English :/

Ond mae’n iawn

@@henriashurst-pitkanen8735 it's sad

Lol stop cringing at pronunciation of non natives. Not everyone can replicate an accent so easily. Be more openminded because they are TRYING.

Oh she’s not going in on them! I agree, as a native it sounds jarring to hear mispronunciation that’s all. She literally said “good on them for learning though!”

North

It does?

@@markhm8682 nah, not really lol

Ik xd I speak welsh

That's a good observation. With certain north western dialects, you're right (I've noticed it myself). For the real first language Welsh speakers from that area, with English as very much a second language, you can even hear that in their English. And the younger girl with long curly hair is, I think by the accent, probably from the northwest; Blaenau Ffestiniog, Caernarfon, Bangor maybe.

Lol what? It doesn't sound like Swedish at all (at least not to me, and I'm a native Swedish speaker).

Having studied Arabic and lived and worked in Egypt, Dubai, Lebanon etc, technically it doesn't sound like Arabic at all. But ... can anyone explain why Cader Idris and the first King of Libya, Idris, do sound awfully similar?

@@philipcurnow7990 They have seperate origins funnily enough.. usually you'll find things like this have a common origin, but in this case, not so... I guess phonetically the name is quite simple and came together in both cases..

Andy H good to know. I remember my French teacher always saying this to me! Wales was always part of my upbringing being from the Wirral. Great to see Easy Welsh in any case.