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	Welsh Language Services
		Government policy provides for the two languages to be treated on the basis of equality and there are growing opportunities to use the Welsh language in everyday life.
		The Welsh Language Act 1993 provides for Welsh to be treated on the basis of equality with English and a statutory Welsh Language Board has been established to promote the language and facilitate its use.
		Welsh language broadcasting is a significant element of the output of independent radio in Wales and a number of independent production companies have been established to produce TV programmes for S4C.
	fp.beaufortresearch.f9.co.uk /welsh-language-services.htm (1383 words)

	Welsh Language Board - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Welsh Language Board (in Welsh, Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) is a statutory body set up by the British Government as part of the Welsh Language Act 1993.
		The Board is responsible for administering the Welsh Language Act and for seeing that public bodies in Wales keep to its terms.
		Language pressure group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg claim that a new Welsh Language Act is needed to secure the rights of Welsh speakers and to increase its usage among the younger generation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Welsh_Language_Board (244 words)

	Welsh Renaissance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John Walter Jones, chief executive of the Welsh Language Board, on why people are interested in learning.
		By the middle of the 20th century, the national language (known as Cymraeg, related to Cornish and Breton) appeared to be dying.
		The Language Board claims that in homes in which both parents speak Welsh, there is a 92% chance that the children will also speak the language.
	www.homelands.org /worlds/welsh.html (838 words)

	Welsh Language
		Welsh is one of the oldest living languages in Europe and is one of 239 languages spoken in Europe and one of 18 spoken in the UK (Source - Ethnologue.com).
		Developing and implementing a language scheme means that if a member of the public wishes to conduct their communication (verbal, written or face-to-face) with the council through the medium of Welsh they are able to do so.
		Welsh for the Workplace Training courses have also been organised for members of staff and councillors, to increase their ability to communicate in Welsh.
	www.caerphilly.gov.uk /thecouncil/equalities/welshlanguage.htm (560 words)

	A Welsh Course
		The main emphasis of the course is in developing conversational skills in Welsh as it is currently spoken (as contrasted with teaching the forms needed for understanding literary Welsh).
		The Welsh National Eisteddfod has a page describing their annual events, which are great places for learners to go.
		Cymdeithas Madog, the Welsh Studies Institute of North America, has a home page that includes pictures of Wales and information about their annual Cwrs Cymraeg, a week-long intensive Welsh course that is traditionally held in early August.
	www.cs.cf.ac.uk /fun/welsh/Welsh.html (876 words)

	History and Status of the Welsh Language (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Welsh is one of the Celtic languages still spoken, perhaps that with the greatest number of speakers.
		It is a language with an older pedigree, and a distinct one.
		It led the campaign for the first Welsh Language Act and is held to be responsible for many of the symbols which have made the existence of the Welsh language more a natural part of public life in the last half of the twentieth century.
	users.comlab.ox.ac.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /geraint.jones/about.welsh (4136 words)

	Welsh language, alphabet and pronunciation
		Welsh is a Celtic language spoken as a community language in Wales (Cymru) by about 659,000 people, and in the Welsh colony (Y Wladfa) in Patagonia, Argentina (yr Ariannin) by several hundred people.
		Welsh is fairly closely related to Cornish and Breton, and more distantly related to Irish Gaelic, Manx Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic.
		The earliest known examples of Welsh literature are the poems of Taliesin, which feature Urien of Rheged, a 6th century king in what is now southern Scotland, and Aneirin's Y Gododdin, a description of a battle between Celts and Northumbrians which occurred in about 600 AD.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/welsh.htm (565 words)

	RCAHMW Welsh Language Scheme
		If no Welsh speaker is available, we shall arrange for a Welsh speaker to telephone the caller back within 24 hours (or on the next working day if the call is taken on Friday or at the weekend), or give them the opportunity to write to RCAHMW in Welsh for a response in Welsh.
		Welsh and English will be treated on an equal basis in terms of size, format, quality, legibility and prominence, but Welsh will normally appear above and/or to the left of English in layouts.
		If a non-Welsh speaker is employed for a position where the ability to speak Welsh is considered essential it will be entered in the terms of appointment that the employee will attain a satisfactory level of fluency within a year with the complete support of the organisation.
	www.rcahmw.org.uk /welsh_language (3360 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Wales \| Call for revamp of language laws
		The board is due to have its functions taken over by the Welsh Assembly Government in March 2007.
		Also among the proposals are measures to promote use of Welsh in the public sector workplace and legislation to "normalise" use of the language, including the establishment of Welsh and English as the official languages of Wales.
		The board asked for a smooth handover of its functions to the assembly government and wants a new independent language regulator to be legally established beforehand.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/wales/4629686.stm (345 words)

	Welsh Language Scheme - English
		This Scheme received the approval of the Welsh Language Board under section 14 (i) of the Welsh Language Act on 3 July 2003.
		1 The Welsh Language Scheme (the Scheme) of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (the Agency) received the approval of the Welsh Language Board under section 14 (i) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 on 3 July 2003.
		Submit a report to the Welsh Language Board on the first year of implementation and complete arrangements for the report to be made available publicly.
	www.qaa.ac.uk /aboutus/policy/welshlanguage/welshscheme.asp (5946 words)

	Menter Caerffili - Welsh Language Initiative
		The project of undertaking an audit of the Welsh language in the county, in partnership with David Thomas, Welsh Language Officer for Caerphilly County Borough Council, proved to be a strong foundation in order to develop provision in those areas without Welsh medium facilities.
		The principal aim of the Menter is to ensure the wider use of the Welsh language within the community by developing its status in every aspect of the borough’s life and work.
		This partnership denotes the beginning of a project, which is extremely important to the development of the use of the Welsh language amongst the youth of the borough.
	www.mentercaerffili.org /saesneg/adblyn2001s.htm (2704 words)

	Welsh from 1200 - 1600 - Welsh Language Board (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Many examples of Welsh literature from the early Norman period still exist, as ancient tales and poetry, passed from generation to generation were permanently recorded.
		The passing of the 1536 and 1542 Acts of Union brought a significant change in the official use of Welsh, and the language would not be used as an official language again until after the passing of the 1942 Welsh Courts Act – four hundred years later.
		Following the Acts it was not possible for any monolingual Welsh speaker to hold official office in Wales, and although the language was not banned, it lost its status, and brought with it centuries of steady linguistic decline.
	www.bwrdd-yr-iaith.gov.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /en/cynnwys.php?cID=4&pID=125 (485 words)

	Welsh language act
		It established the principle that in the conduct of public business and administration of justice in Wales the English and Welsh languages should be treated on a basis of equality.
		The Welsh Language Board was established under the Act in 1993 to facilitate the process of preparing Welsh Language Schemes.
		In accordance with the Welsh Language Act 1993, the Fund has developed a Welsh Language Scheme which sets out how it will treat the Welsh and English languages on an equal basis, in the conduct of it’s public business in Wales.
	www.biglotteryfund.org.uk /wales/about-wal/welsh_language.htm (229 words)

	Welsh Conservatives - News Story - Minister must listen to Welsh Language Board concerns
		Welsh Conservatives have called on the Labour Party to listen to the concerns of the Welsh Language Board over plans to abolish the organisation.
		The board has published a series of concerns over proposals to transfer its responsibilities to the Assembly Government.
		Welsh language spokeswoman Lisa Francis AM said: "This warning should serve as a wake-up call to the Labour Assembly Government that it can no longer afford to treat this issue with such staggering complacency.
	www.conservatives.com /wales/story.cfm?obj_id=130030 (283 words)

	IT Wales - The Welsh Language and your Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The use of Welsh in marketing activities such as advertisements, brochures and leaflets also sends a very positive message, particularly to Welsh speakers, while bilingual packaging and labelling of goods made in Wales gives manufacturers a chance to add to their exclusivity.
		For example, their page of Welsh Language Computer Resources is excellent - everything from how to get the circumflex accent on 'w' and 'y' to Welsh spellcheckers, Welsh language signs for shops and bilingual web design resources.
		The Welsh Language Board (WLB) is to target more businesses to increase voluntary use of Welsh and bilingualism in the private sector.
	www.itwales.com /599618.htm (609 words)

	Welsh Education, Part I
		In the latter half of the twentieth century, Welsh enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, especially among young people; this is in no small part due to efforts within the educational system.
		Nevertheless, people felt that learning English was of greater advantage to their children and would increase their probabilities of future success; Welsh was still pushed to the wayside despite the government's support of it as a medium of education.
		Because the survival of a language depends heavily on its passage to young children by their parents, it was quickly recognized that nursery-level education in Welsh would encourage fluency in the young, particularly those whose parents did not speak Welsh.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/welsh_language/74431 (566 words)

	Welsh Language Pages
		Although considerable efforts were made in the past to suppress the learning of Welsh, it nevertheless survives as a true living language, and today there are many communities throughout Wales where Welsh is still the language of everyday life for a majority of the people.
		For those interested in learning more about the Welsh language, we have also provided links to certain Welsh language learning resources on the net, as well as other web sites that have pages available in Welsh.
		But since 1410 most Welsh people, at some time or another, if only in some secret corner of the mind, have been "out with Owain and his barefoot scrubs." For the Welsh mind is still haunted by it's lightning-flash vision of a people that was free."
	www.castlewales.com /cym_list.html (255 words)

	Welsh Language Scheme: 2006
		You are invited to comment on this Welsh Language Scheme for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
		This has been prepared with the Welsh Language Board to the principle established by the Welsh Language Act that English and Welsh should be treated on the basis of equality.
		The Scheme sets out HSE's commitment to delivering a Welsh language service that considers the demands from, and is relevant to, Welsh speakers.
	www.hse.gov.uk /consult/condocs/welsh.htm (286 words)

	UWIC Welsh Language Unit
		The Welsh Language Scheme for the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) was approved by the Welsh Language Board in September 2003.
		UWIC intend to arrange Welsh lesson for those members of staff who wish to learn, be they novice learners, experienced learners or bilingual members of staff wishing to polish their written or verbal skills.
		UWIC has a Welsh Language Scheme Co-ordinator (Daniel Tiplady) who is based in the Welsh Language Unit (7236: e-mail: dtiplady@uwic.ac.uk He is responsible for managing and developing the Welsh Language Scheme, which includes the translation service.
	www.uwic.ac.uk /welshlangunit/Staff_Guidance.asp (1198 words)

	Welsh Language Board launches guidelines for developers - Ping Wales \| Welsh technology news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Last week, at its new outreach office in Ruthin, the Welsh Language Board launched what it hopes will be a major step towards securing the place of Welsh in the fast-developing IT arena.
		The first, Information Technology and the Welsh Language: a Strategy Document [pdf], sets out policy statements which will govern the WLB's approach to this area over the next few years, as well as broad targets for what it hopes to achieve.
		Developed by BBC Wales's new media department in partnership with the WLB, the application has been adopted by numerous Welsh language websites.
	www.pingwales.co.uk /2006/04/13/WLB.html (246 words)

	welsh language
		The Welsh Sports Association wishes to ensure that its members are able to embrace the Welsh Language as a key part of their work and in time mainstream ‘Welsh’ into their core operations.
		It is important therefore that opportunities for Welsh language participation are created in a strategic, sustainable and a practical manner for National Governing Bodies.
		It is anticipated that the lack of coaching opportunities and how sports leaders and officials can be developed through the medium of Welsh will be key issues to address, whilst the absence of rules and regulations and coach/player education resources in Welsh indicate that their development will also be a priority.
	www.welshsports.org.uk /WelshLanguage.asp (304 words)

	Land Registry : Welsh language scheme
		The Welsh Language Act 1993 places a duty on all public sector bodies to treat Welsh and English on an equal basis when providing services to the public in Wales.
		As a result, Land Registry has prepared a Welsh Language Scheme under Section 21(3) of the Act and it received the full endorsement of the Welsh Language Board in March 1998.
		The headings and standard information on the register entries appear in the language of the source document on which they are based.
	www.landreg.gov.uk /info/welsh_language (302 words)

	DWP - Welsh Language Scheme
		The Welsh Language Scheme for the Department for Work and Pensions consists of this overarching statement of principles, plus a number of Annexes describing how the principles are already, or in some cases will in future be put into practice in the constituent parts of the Department.
		These documents have been prepared under section 21(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, have in each case been approved at the highest level, and follow the guidelines issued by the Welsh Language Board.
		The Health and Safety Executive has a separate, long-standing relationship with the Welsh Language Board and is not covered by the main Welsh Language Scheme for the Department for Work and Pensions.
	www.dwp.gov.uk /publications/dwp/2004/wls (972 words)

	Welsh Liberal Democrats - news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Last year the Assembly Government bid for a bill for a Welsh Language Schemes Regulator, to take over the statutory powers of the Board.
		The interim period between the abolition of the Board and primary legislation empowering a regulator (a Dyfarnydd as the Assembly Government refers to it) will leave a period when the powers and functions of the board will be left in limbo.
		If he can’t come up with a credible plan soon he should keep the Welsh Language Board in place until the primary legislation is in place.
	www.welshlibdems.org.uk /news_e_detail.asp?newsNo=1552 (370 words)

	WELSH LANGUAGE ACT
		Board may either dismiss it or propose an extension of the time limit concerned.
		Board before such date as may be specified in the notice.
		This Act may be cited as the Welsh Language Act 1993.
	www.tiersma.com /STATS/WELSH.HTM (4320 words)

	Welsh Language Board : Imaginet
		Offering a variety of interactive services, the new website for the Welsh Language Board appeals to audiences of all ages.
		To deliver its services the Board has placed a massive emphasis on the use of web technology to increase productivity whilst remaining as efficient as possible.
		Imaginet have helped the WLB achieve this objective for over six years, with the design and development of several web solutions.
	www.imaginet.co.uk /case_study.php?cs=28 (410 words)

	Welsh language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most Welsh speakers also speak English (or, among those in Chubut Province, Spanish).
		The teaching of Welsh is now compulsory in all schools in Wales up to age 14, and this has had a major effect in stabilising and to some extent reversing the decline in the language.
		A chart plotting the vowel formants of a Welsh speaker from Bangor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Welsh_language (4392 words)

	Welsh Language Scheme \| Ofcom
		Consequently, persons who fulfil official functions of a public nature, even though they are legal persons, do not come within the meaning of the word public when they are fulfilling those official functions.
		1.4 Further information about the scope and purpose of Welsh language schemes can be found in the Welsh Language Board’s guidelines : www.welsh-language-board.org.uk.
		1.5 This draft scheme was prepared in accordance with Sections 12 to 14 of the Act - and in accordance with guidelines issued by the Welsh Language Board under Section 9 of the Act.
	www.ofcom.org.uk /consult/condocs/welsh_lang (205 words)

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