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Wales


 English, French and German names
Wales
Welshman, Welshwoman (Welsh / Welshmen, Welshwomen)
Wales

Welshman, Welshwoman (Welsh / Welshmen, Welshwomen)

Wales Waliser, Waliserin (Pl Waliser, Waliserinnen)

 Minority and/or official name(s)
Cymru
Area name (Nation)
Welsh
Wales
Area name (Nation)
English
Cymry (Pl.)
Inhabitants name (people)
Welsh

 Oval
CYM

 "Dominant" State(s) and "date of annexation"
United Kingdom
1284 / 1536
 
 Ethnic group, classification, conflicts and religion
Indo-European Celtic (Brythonic)
Minority in search of strong autonomy
Political conflicts
Protestant Christians

 Language(s), abbreviation(s) and number of speakers
English
?
United Kingdom
Germanic (W) North-Sea
Welsh
580 000 > 930 000
United Kingdom
Celtic (Brythonic)

 Population, area, capital(s)
2 903 085 (2001)
20 760
Cardiff English United Kingdom
Caerdydd Welsh United Kingdom

 Map

 Historical and/or cultural regions Welsh
Arfon
Bro Gwyr
Brycheiniog
Ceredigion
Fflint
Maesyfed
Maldwyn
Meirionnydd
Môn
Morgannwg
Mynwy
Penfro
Penrhyn Llyn
Sir Ddinbych
Sir Gâr

 Motto, anthem
El drac vermell inspira acció Catalan
Gal·les per sempre Catalan
Y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn Welsh
The red dragon should go forward English
Gales por siempre Spanish (Castilian)
Cymru am byth Welsh

The Land of My Fathers English
The land of my fathers is dear unto me,
Old land where the minstrels are honoured and free:
Its warring defenders, so gallant and brave,
For freedom their life's blood they gave

Land!,Land!,True I am to my land!
While seas secure,
this land so pure,

o may our old language endure.
O land of the mountains, the bard's paradise,
Whose precipice, valleys lone as the skies,
Green murmuring forest, far echoing flood
Fire the fancy and quicken the blood

For tho' the fierce foeman has ravaged your realm,
The old speech of Wales he cannot o'erwhelm,
Our passionate poets to silence command
Or banish the harp from your strand.

Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Welsh
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mâd,
Dros ryddid gollasant eu gwaed.

Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.

Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd,
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i'm golwg sydd hardd;
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd, i mi.

Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad tan ei droed,
Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ag erioed,
Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad,
Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad.

 
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article 1) 
Genir pawb yn rhydd ac yn gydradd â'i gilydd mewn urddas a hawliau. Fe'u cynysgaeddir â rheswm a chydwybod, a dylai pawb ymddwyn y naill at y llall mewn ysbryd cymodlon.
Welsh
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
English

Political parties
Cymru Annibynnol / Independent Wales Party
Independent Wales Party
No data United Kingdom
Cymru Goch / Red Wales
Red Wales
Communists, trotskyists, revolutionary United Kingdom
Cymru Rydd
Welsh republican party
Non-specific United Kingdom
Plaid Cymru
Wales Party
Non-specific United Kingdom
Plaid Werdd Cymru
Wales Green Party
Greens United Kingdom
Welsh Socialist Alliance
Welsh Socialist Alliance
Left-wing: labour, social democrats United Kingdom
 

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[English]

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[Français]

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[Français]

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La Corse candidate à l'organisation de l'Eurovision des langues minoritaires
[Français]

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[Français]

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