Welsh Language
Welsh Translations required: Newcastle-Emlyn.com can now offer pages in Welsh and English at the click of a button. All I need is the Welsh translations! This site doesn’t qualify for a Welsh Language Board grant, so I appeal to those of you who can translate, to donate some time to boost the Welsh language content. If you can help please contact me.
Google Translation
Google now provides a machine translation into Welsh. Click the Welsh flag to open the home page translated. click the small Welsh flag on the left hand side of any page to view that page translated. This facility is in addition to the website’s human translation facility.
Welsh in the area
Newcastle Emlyn is in one of the areas of Wales where the majority of people can speak Welsh. Into the 1960s, well over 90% of the town’s population was Welsh-speaking, but a constant flow of incomers from outside Wales has had a marked effect on the town’s linguistic make-up.
Nevertheless, Welsh remains the language of most of Newcastle Emlyn inhabitants and is spoken by 90% of those who are Welsh-born. According to the UK Census 2001, the population of Newcastle Emlyn was 941 people, of whom 69% speak Welsh fluently.
My aim is to make this a totally bilingual website, to reflect the fact that Newcastle Emlyn is a bilingual town.
A documentary in the Analysis series on Radio 4 shows how the learning of Welsh can have a unifying effect on communities.
Jeremy Clulow