New staff working for the National Assembly will need at least basic Welsh language skills from summer 2018. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate they can show "basic linguistic courtesy" or ...

Nine years have passed since the Welsh Government announced its objective to increase the number of Welsh speakers in Wales to one million by 2050. This plan, introduced in 2016, set out to nearly ...

Welsh schools will be divided into categories about the level of Welsh they teach pupils, under new government plans. The Welsh Language and Education Bill is designed to help with the target for ...

The debate over who speaks Irish is one that regularly comes around this time of year – with those who speak the language aghast that anyone should think that it does not exist while those who do not ...

It's no secret that the Welsh language is stunning. It's distinctive, remarkable and comprises countless genuinely wonderful words, but it appears that not everyone appreciates our native tongue. Beca ...

This week, thousands of people have descended on the National Eisteddfod, a festival celebrating the Welsh language - but not all of them spoke Welsh. People in Rhondda Cynon Taf, which is not a Welsh ...

English remained the most popular language to study around the world in 2023, according to data from language learning app Duolingo. The results were revealed as part of its annual Language Report, ...