{"id":515,"date":"2020-05-02T00:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T22:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurominority.eu\/?page_id=515"},"modified":"2020-05-06T23:42:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T21:42:31","slug":"wales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eurominority.eu\/index.php\/en\/wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wales, you said, \u201cLlanfairpwllgwyngyll\u2026\u201d<\/h2>
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Wales is a Celtic nation to the west of the British Isles. In spite of centuries of cultural oppression, a quarter of the population speaks Welsh, which today carries an official status. Political awakening is recent with the creation of a National Assembly in 1999. <\/p>

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According to the Romans, the red dragon, Y Ddraig Goch<\/em>, was the war banner of the Breton people against the Anglo-Saxon invasions between the 5th and 6th centuries. Associated with the King Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon, the Welsh continued to use it over the centuries. In 1485, Henry Tudor used the red dragon on a green and white background. It officially became the flag of Wales in 1959. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

The Welsh are\nCelts and are more precisely descended from Brythonic people. In the 5th and\n6th century they were driven to the west of the British Isles by Anglo-Saxon\ninvaders. It is because of the conflicts with their English neighbours that the\ndifferent Brythonic kingdoms were united to form Wales.<\/p>

In the 13th\ncentury, the attempted establishment of a sovereign state was thwarted by the\nassassination of the prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, and by the conquest\nof the territory by Edward I of England in 1282. The revolts that followed were\nlargely suppressed for more than a century, culminating in the liberation war\nof Owain Glynd\u0175r, 1400\u201304. In 1536, after a short period of independence, Wales\nwas split by England and the language was outlawed.<\/p>

In the 20th\ncentury the coalfield of the south of Wales became the most industrialised\nregion of the world. It was in this same period that native speakers brought\nabout a renaissance of Welsh nationalism. In 1925 the Nationalist Party of\nWales appeared. The Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Society of the Welsh Language)\nused civil disobedience in 1962 to obtain rights for the language. It was only in 1999 that the Welsh saw their\nefforts come to fruition with the creation of the Welsh Assembly, albeit with\nlimited legislative powers. It did, however, allow them to make Welsh the\nofficial language of the country alongside English.<\/p>

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Identity card <\/h3>
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Name <\/em> <\/td>Cymru <\/strong> | Welsh<\/em>
Wales<\/strong> | English<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Population <\/em><\/td> 3,139,000 inhab.<\/strong> (2018) <\/td><\/tr>
Area<\/em> <\/td>20,760 km\u00b2<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Languages <\/em> <\/td>Cymraeg <\/strong> |  Welsh<\/em> (official)
English <\/em><\/strong>| English <\/em>(official)<\/td><\/tr>
Number of native speakers<\/em> <\/td>857,000<\/strong> | <\/em> Welsh<\/em> (2017)<\/td><\/tr>
State of guardianship<\/em> <\/td> United Kingdom<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Official status<\/em> <\/td> Principality of the United Kingdom with its own assembly<\/strong> <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Capital<\/em><\/td>Caerdydd <\/strong> | Welsh<\/em>
Cardiff <\/em><\/strong>| English<\/em> <\/td><\/tr>
Historic religion<\/em> <\/td> Christian Methodist<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Flag<\/em> <\/td>Y Ddraig Goch<\/strong> | <\/em> Welsh<\/em>
(The Red Dragon)<\/td><\/tr>
Anthem<\/em> <\/td>Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau<\/strong> | Welsh<\/em>
(Old Land of MyFathers) <\/td><\/tr>
Motto<\/em> <\/td>Cymru am Byth<\/strong> | Welsh<\/em>
(Wales forever) <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
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Timeline<\/h3>
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