The languages of UK

The maun language of UK is English. 70% of peple in UK speak English. However there are some minority languages in UK.


For example

●Welsh
●Scots
●Gaelic
●Manx
●Cornish

but Manx and Cornish has died out.

Welsh


Welsh is spoken by 19-20% speakers. This is a branch of the Celtic languages spoken in Wales.

There are speakers of Welsh in Great Britain, the United States, canada, and New Zealand, but the number of speakers are not so many. In 1991, the the number of Welsh-speaker was about 19 per cent. however, in 2001, the number rose to 21 per cent. This result is good thing for the minority language.

The reason of rise of speakers is that the primary school
has a education program of welsh. the TV program also
help thet, so the number of speakers aged between 3-15 rose.


In the south, There are not so much Welsh-speakers, but
in midland, Welsh is spoken more naturally.




reference:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language
http://users.comlab.ox.ac.uk/geraint.jones/about.welsh/
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