Welsh Language

This busy little town is [named:popular] after Sir David's first cousin. It's also a Welsh language stronghold. According to the 2001 census results, [seventy:fifty] percent of the town's population could speak Welsh but even here the language may not be completely safe. The Welsh language board expects last year's census results to show a fall in the number of Welsh speakers living in its northern and [western:eastern] heartlands. One of the main reasons for that the board says is migration. Many Welsh speakers are choosing to leave the [country:house] . At the same time, only a [small:large] percentage of those [moving:improving] in can speak the language or choose to learn it.