PlaidTV - Cymraeg / Welsh Language broadcast

[FastMasterOfDisaster]

Welsh sounds like it has a bunch of random words in English, some other random Germanic sounds, with an Irish accent, and some French. It's got a very sharp and rhythmic sound.

[thundathugz]

I'm convinced this is just one big joke on the English. They make weird noises and pretend its a language and then laugh at us for believing it.

[FastMasterOfDisaster]

Welsh sounds so funny to me! I don't know why, it just does.

[karmahgeddon]

Sounds alot like scandinavian languages in the melody, though the words are nothing alike.

[IceInMySnowCone]

Then Elvish sounds like WELSH, right? :/ I see what you're saying though :D

[1wishfulthinking1]

I loveee Welsh. But Irish... not so much

[YDdraigGoch22]

This should become the official language of Britain (alongside English) and just be called British.

[GodOfUnbelief]

Most beautful language on Earth.

[SUPERRUGBYFAN4LIFE]

It sounds like a combination of old english and Gaelic and a little bit of Swedish

[ellieFjellie]

i'm wlesh so i dont understand why i'm even watching this im 14, i dont vote

[surgerryy]

it sounds like Icelandic or Swedish mixed with Hebrew.

[Robindahoodz]

didnt even know this language existed...

[saamohod]

To my ear it sounds like a mix of Greek-Hebrew-Nordic-Hungarian languages.

[gloomyoutlook]

@saamohod

hebrew..?

[MsOneiroi77]

@saamohod or Elvish like lord of the rings

[saamohod]

@MsOneiroi77 Well, as far as I know, Gaellic language was the inspiration behind the Elvish. As well as Orcish was taken from Turkic or other continental languages. At least they sound very similar.

[MsOneiroi77]

@saamohod no the inspiration for Elvish or Sindarin Elvish was Welsh the name Arwen in the movies comes from the Welsh Arwen for river. Even in RPG games you have welsh words like "Wyn" meaning white. The sister languages of Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish dont feature that well in Tolkiens works. In fact some fan forums state he didn't like Gaelic and preferred Welsh.

[saamohod]

@MsOneiroi77 Doesn't Welsh language belong to Gaellic group? I must've been mistaken then. Because I meant exactly what you say, i.e. Welsh "gave birth" to Elvish.

[MsOneiroi77]

@saamohod yes and no. Gaelic as in Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish are part of the Q celtic branch while Breton, Cornish and Welsh are part of the P-celtic branch of languages. A speaker of one language group cant understand the other and just to make matters worse speakers of the various gaelics have a hard time understanding each other depending onthe dialect.

[saamohod]

@MsOneiroi77 Thanx for the clarification. It reminds me the situation with Slavic languages and their relation to each other.

[sfogfgokjsogjsdfks]

@MsOneiroi77 yes and even Welsh speakers from North and South Wales often have trouble understanding each other

[StereOasis93]

@saamohod J.R.R.Tolkien was inspired by the Welsh language for his novels if thats what you mean?

[owen281194]

'bawd-i-fyny' os dach chi'n dallt hwn. :'D

[MattSteidl]

I love Celtic languages. The P Celtic languages like Welsh were spoken on the Continent, too. In France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland. But then Germanic tribes came from the north and the Romans came from the south. The Celts fled or got assimilated. I am sure there is still a lot of Celtic blood in France or Germany, but it got Romanised or Germanised. Same with the Brits. Most of them still are Celtic and not Anglo Saxon, but they got assimilated by the Angles and Saxons.

[MrHelmyabdullah]

Not a word that I can understand

[TimmyIsNice]

it sounds elvish...

[zaheenkb]

@TimmyIsNice Tolkien's Elvish was majorly derived from Welsh and Finnish.

[sagenunn]

@TimmyIsNice Yeah, I think I just fell in love with this language, and now understand where Tolkien was coming from :D

[ursustefan]

I think is very similar to german-hungarian sounds

[JordoF6]

@ursustefan its a celtic language.

[ursustefan]

@JordoF6 dude, I know is celtic language, but sounds like hungarian and german a little bit

[MultiGus2010]

I love it, you can hear all the Germanic languages and accents in Welsh.

[MattSteidl]

@MultiGus2010 It's Celtic, not Germanic! Welsh, Breton, Gaelic and Cornish are famous for being the last living Celtic languages. Germanic languages are English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian etc. And being German, I don't understand a word of it. But I can understand some Duch, Danish, Swedish etc. And in contrast to Germanic languages, the Celtic languages are dying. Which is very sad...

[BarneyArr]

I keep seeing references to Anglesey :')

[MoFoHardstyle]

This language sounds made up

[Szaam]

@MoFoHardstyle Well the Welsh language has its origins as far back as 500 AD, so it's definitely not "made up." Idiot.

[deathpunish2]

@MoFoHardstyle What language doesn't to a foreigner....

[CrazyHorse493]

"Tír gan teanga, tír gan ainm" - A country without a language, a country without a soul. -Pádraig Mac Piarais.

[jaitus]

Welsh sounds beautiful



[sheabutter714]

I am part Welsh, but I don't live in Wales, and I would like to get in touch with some of my heritage. I found out that I am distantly descended from the Griffith's. I wish I knew the language. It is so beautiful! I also like the Gaelic languages.

[puberis]

@sheabutter714 You mean Celtic languages. "Gaelic languages" is really used to denote the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages, signifying Scottish Gaelic, Irish, and Manx.

[sheabutter714]

@puberis Thanks for clearing that up for me. It still confuses me a little bit on how to divide them.

[19jacobob93]

I'm English but I'm so glad street signs in Ireland have finally been changed back to Irish instead of English! And it's good to see native speakers in Wales and Scotland on my visits!

I can understand because I'm from Yorkshire and I don't like the way standard English is impacting on our local dialect. Our identity is becoming covered up as ancient words are becoming archaic, but I am at least making a stand, and speak full Yorkshire dialect which is almost extinct in my generation!

[MattSteidl]

@19jacobob93 You are so right! The last regional languages are dying in Europe. Same in Germany. I am Bavarian. We used to have our own kingdom and a dialect of Celtic and Germanic origin. But it is dying, too. Bavarian pupils are teased if they speak their dialect. Very sad

[whitbyjet65]

@19jacobob93 I know what you mean but I'm from Yorkshire too & I use words like 'thee' & 'thine' for you & yours. Some people think it's slang or sloppy, which is ludicrous. What I hate is this black gang culture type language/accent that's infecting the English language. I also despise people who say 'somethink' instead of 'something' AARRGGHHH!

[19jacobob93]

@whitbyjet65 So do I! And I'm glad to say I use it that much that it's rubbed on to my pals and they're starting to use them too! And I don't even use 'something' I use 'summat' - some people think it sounds uneducated but it comes from Olde English 'someaught' meaning something. Same story with 'owt' and 'nowt' which come from Olde English 'awiht' (meaning anything) and 'newiht' (meaning nothing). These ancient words have died out everywhere except Yorkshire - USE THEM WITH PRIDE! :P

[19jacobob93]

@whitbyjet65 And I couldn't agree more about the black gang culture - it gets me mad beyond belief! Especially when I hear white kids saying 'ting' and 'sick' (which somehow means good) and other words like that. They need a good clout!

[whitbyjet65]

@19jacobob93 Aye! They ought to get a good hiding, the little whippersnappers. I have a list as long as the Suez Canal about bad speech, grammar & language. I'm glad others are proud of their old English dialect & culture. Our heritage is so rich yet people just don't care. They're happy to throw it all away & replace it with cheap, nasty & bland alternatives. What a shame.

[19jacobob93]

@whitbyjet65 Agreed! I hate standard English! We're taught that it's wrong to say things like 'summat' in school now but that's just our culture that dates back centuries! I will not surrender to a standardised form just so that foreigners can understand me! haha If you type in 'yorkshire dialect' into youtube there's actually a short BBC interview with an old tyke, he sounds like a mix between a geordie, a Welshman and an Irishman, quite interesting how he uses 'you' instead of 'thee' ect.!

[foxtrotsmith]

Sounds very much like English. Cool

[sfogfgokjsogjsdfks]

@foxtrotsmith sounds nothing like English, the languages are completely unrelated. The two modern languages most closely related to English are German and Dutch. Those two are way easier to learn as an English speaker than Welsh. Trust me, i've tried!

[DJPF1011]

Gaelic is not a language. Gaelic is a family of languages. If someone speaks Spanish or Portuguese they don't speak "Romance".

[alexgerber102]

@DJPF1011 THANK YOU OMFG!!!!!! :D

[MattSteidl]

@DJPF1011 Gaelic IS a language and it belongs to the family of Q Celtic languages. So it's exactly the other way round! The family is Q Celtic, the languages are Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic and Manx.

[Olgalevin84]

Wow! What a beautiful language. Welsh and Gaelic are both very extraordinary languages. You can clearly hear a lot of the English rooting in both of those.

[MattSteidl]

@Olgalevin84 English is rooting in the languages of the Angles and Saxons. Germanic tribes which cam from the Northern part of nowaday's Germany. The suppressed the Celts and their languages. They certainly do not root in them!

[buyanothersoul]

@MattSteidl but they did absorb parts of them, before their own language was suppressed by Norman French a few hundred years later

[sfogfgokjsogjsdfks]

@Olgalevin84 except English doesn't have its roots in any Celtic languages, mainly Germanic, with influences from Latin, Romance and Scandinavian languages. Welsh and English developed separately and are completely unrelated. If you want to hear English rooting in a language, listen to German or Dutch

[amngilbert]

What?

[kalostous]

So long as we love, that is, SPEAK, our mother tongues or dialects, they'll live on. And we shouldn't expect anyone's subsidy, it's only up to us.

[BarneyArr]

I'm jealous of people who were born in Wales. I wish I had easy access to learning the language.

[PerfectTheCircle]

What a lovely language. :)

[NGC773]

Plaid are going to destroy Wales. They are not like the SNP in Scotland, Devolution for Wales would ruin us as a country.

[ninawth]

@GmtC1979 You're kidding right?

[ninawth]

@GmtC1979 Whahahaha hahahaha whahahahahaha

[karandash]

Nunca había escuchado el galés, pero suena hermoso... :D

[karandash]

@karandash I never heard welsh, but it sounds gorgeous... ;)

[m1trekker]

Welsh should be taught both in Wales and equally in England & Scotland since it is a British language.

[IsraeliteMessenger]

I've heard that if you speak Welsh you're speaking Hebrew.

[MattSteidl]

@IsraeliteMessenger Welsh is a Celtic language. It has nothing to do with Hebrew!

[fastwritename]

this is the weirdest language i have ever heard... but it is cool :P lol

[JordanEvans3794]

@fastwritename Welsh is the language of runescape, also in lord of the rings the language the elvies speak is welsh and finnish :D

[IRISHMARKSMAN446]

Sounds Very like Irish

[LukeLewisAnimation]

@IRISHMARKSMAN446 Came long before Irish. Welsh is one of the oldest languages in Europe.

[arkadydarell]

@LukeLewisAnimation Both derive from the original Celtic dialects don't they? Along with Cornish, Breton and Scots-Gaelic. I think Manx is related too, but has some Norse influence.

[LukeLewisAnimation]

@arkadydarell Very close Cornish is a off shoot of Welsh which happened around the time the English where pushing there way through Britain they still have the Welsh anthem as theirs today. As for Scots-Gaelic its is widely believed by historians that it was brought over from Ireland in the early 8th century. As for the Irish they are the first off shoot of the early Britons of which the only remaining are known today as the Welsh. I myself am Welsh and proud of it :-)

[GmtC1979]

@LukeLewisAnimation no it isn't older than irish either written or oral .irish is older than latin

[LukeLewisAnimation]

@GmtC1979 I think you might want to do a little history boyo Welsh and Irish are nowhere near the same age as Latin.

[ColonelClegMcLeg]

@LukeLewisAnimation True, but both Welsh and Irish evolved from languages which were being spoken in our corner of the world long before the Romans entered the picture, so the post you're replying to is not entirely without merit. The Brythonic languages (Welsh, Cornish and Breton) are of the same language group as the ancient language of the Gauls, who occupied what is now France before the Franks assimilated them.

[yepyesoe]

i come here because ppl say it's similar to elvish language.. =D

[dirtynuke]

Sounds like any of those Scandanavian Germanic languages

[fermisk]

in the words of Billy Milano "Speak English or die"

[OneStrangeWorld]

@fermisk English came from German :P

[Volf99]

@fermisk shut up dumb ass

[AMD7thS]

you guys sound polish

[TheWorldFromAbove]

Prydeinig ieithoedd megis cymraeg a chernyweg yw ieithoedd gwreiddiol Prydain Fawr, bob amser wedi cael ei siarad, a bydd bob amser yn siarad, mae'n rhan o'r tir hwn, saesneg yn unig yw iaith dramor. Er bod Cymro â chalon Geltaidd, bydd yn siarad cymraeg.

[Animefan300]

Welsh sounds so cool.

[Friendo1231]

Written Welsh looks like someone bashed their head around on their keyboard and slid their fingers across it in all different directions. Spoken... sounds like someone's playing a DVD backwards and mixing it with some sort of Elvish language Tolkein created specially for an unreleased Lord of the Rings book.

[clot10]

@Friendo1231 that may be because Tolkien's languages, especially elvish, is heavily influenced by welsh and old norse...;you learn something new everyday

[Cheyenne17124]

Pretty language. Don't know if I could ever learn it, but pretty nonetheless.

[lunabranwen]

that tie has got to go. long live Wales. Cymru am byth

[Ramaz1969]

I like it. :-) Every language should be preserved for future generations. I believe, that if a language dies, a nation dies too. And the death of a nation is much much worse than the death of one person. That is the ultimate tragedy. Speak it. I like the sound. It's beautiful.

[eabod]

@Ramaz1969 LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM­MMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEE

[Amaiuxx]

Where are Welsh learning devices available??

It would be interesting to learn it!

[lusoguyJesuspower]

hmmm...its been about 2000 years since any of my ancestors spoke a celtic language....thanks Romans! ...actually the romans were pretty cool :p

[paulkiss1981]

I din' understand a word but that's just so beautiful. Let those ancient langs live and prosper

[ByabyaChannel]

This is the best European language in my opinion

[AngelBiLove]

I find it fascinating that a language as english and a language as welsh, so very different, were evolved right next to each other.

[TheoNott]

@AngelBiLove Well, they weren't, not exactly. English is a Germanic language, which arrived in Britain from outside roughly 1500 years ago.

[makingsnsux]

@TheoNott 1,500 years is enough time for a language to evolve fucktard

[TheoNott]

@makingsnsux But the Brythonic languages have been in the British Isles much longer, have they not, so my point still stands. While Welsh today has some English influences, it originally evolved independently of English.

[liberator48]

5 most awesome languages in the world:

#1 Icelandic

#2 Welsh

#3 Russian

#4 Japanese

#5 Hungarian

[thrainful]

@liberator48 and norwegian and greek;)

[JankaKijanka]

@thrainful and lithuanian ;)

[m0ssyr0cks]

concrete shoes won't help in the river

[TheBlindPig1]

IN THE MUSTARD SEEDS SAND SON. oR THE WHITE waves blonde vikings white waves silver and gold going to save the queen, the snow princess.

[TheBlindPig1]

language is forged in the heat of battle, and what have the holocaust suvivers got, throw hardship.

[m0ssyr0cks]

@TheBlindPig1 standing back from situations gives you the perfect view

[sabre000001]

I don't understand anything

[roxslide]

wow welsh is so fucking cool... i feel really lame now because i only realized wales was its own country and has its own language a few weeks ago. that's your typical ignorant american for you

[musicbox201]

@roxslide Don't blame this on all Americans. I've known that Wales was its own country for years and I'm American, I'm 17. It's not America's ignorance, it's your ignorance. Silly goose.

[rudabeh]

Awesome! 

[shivayavoda]

wow, they're pretty spiced up

[LongLiveTheOcean]

I wish I knew Welsh. :-( Can way Americans can learn?

[samm1809]

they said "hello"

[Snovvboarder]

Teach your kids, teach your wife, and teach your husband because they forgettin' everythin' out here

[dimflamingo]

In terms of what? In terms of English spelling? Welsh is far older than English; it started developing around the the time of Roman Britain. Who's to say which is more correct? I'd say the one that's been around for longer.

[Ub3rSk1llz]

sounds like a language made when someone dropped a scrabble set on the ground.

[WallyBeego]

@Ub3rSk1llz hahahaha love that comment. I totally agree.

[ccisbeast]

The only thing thing I understood was the first woman when she said "Caerdydd."

[gregapage]

0:55 a Welsh darkie!? That's a novelty.

[dhaddox]

@gregapage The novelty is someone who uses the term "darkie"

[bigfellalixnaw]

Nil aon baruil ar bith agam ar cad a bhiobhair ag caint fe san fhisean seo. Ach coinnigh oraibh leis an obair ceilteach thall.

[cipmars]

@hyperundead I don't speak eather of those, so I can only apreciate the music.

[werbnnerf]

The accents sound a bit danish! D:

[Idiotsoverdose]

I love language, and this is a very nice one to listen to.

[PigLover666]

Bravo to these brave souls who are willng to do this without covering their faces! Growing up in srebenizcawe were taught that the British govt had outlawed speaking welsh and that if one is caught, the British kill everyone in the family. God help the men and women (especially the hot one) who made this video. You are heros. Hot sexy, gibberish speaking heros!!!

[cipmars]

It sounds like dutch.

[heartbeat1965]

@cipmars Or not. I speak both and they don't sound at all alike. I couldn't think of 2 more unrelated languages.

[cipmars]

@heartbeat1965 I didn't say they were related or that I own the absolute truth, I just said I think they sound alike and I still do.

[Ygweinidog]

Morgais*

[Jljujubeats]

This language makes me think about the Medieval times. Don't know why, but it's beautiful.

[619mnps]

Could someone very briefly tell me what they are talking about in this clip? I wanna use it in a presentation on Welsh, and it'd be good if I knew what it is about, in case somebody asks :-) Thank You!

[barnbersonol]

@619mnps the 1st woman introduces herself and then says she's the rural affairs minister and says she's busy but it's better being out there meeting people in their communities rather than being stuck behind a desk

[AcesHighProd]

i like it :)

[DjDime92]

Iechyd da i chwi yn awr ac yn oesoedd

[DjDime92]

sounds like a mix of french, german and english

[MrPeterMichael]

I love it. It reminds me of Scandivanian languages.

[sgshaday]

No wonder why Tolkien based the Elven language in Welsh. It's really cool. It has a whispering soothing sound.

[adventussaxonum]

@sgshaday - Sindarin Elvish is Welsh influenced. The language of the High Elves was based on Finnish.

In any case, the coolest bunch were the Rohirrim , and their language was portrayed as Old English(Anglo-Saxon)

[sgshaday]

@adventussaxonum Thank you for pointing that out. And yes, I agree :)

[lostwisdom100]

TOKEN black girl.

Pathetic, how fucking dare you call yourselves nationalists. You Marxist scum hijacked the party of Saunders Lewis.

[ZUG]

I am Russian i think its not bad but not that good i think French Italian British English Russian Latvian are better and also German.

[ziadesa]

Sounds like swedish...Beautiful language

[philz96]

@ziadesa umm...doesnt sound like swedish at all!

[SeanOBriain]

Much love for Cymru.

[NekoBeau]

In all honesty, the vast majority of the English couldn't care less about who came from where, because we migrate far too much for any of us to be purely Welsh, English, or anything else. Welsh is beautiful, Scottish is beautiful, Irish is beautiful, English is beautiful. In fact, so are Manx and Cornish. Grow up and stop pretending to be so hard done by. No one is shoving a gun in your face and telling you to forget your heritage.

[NekoBeau]

Anglophobia! How original! ¬_¬ I am Welsh and English with a lot of other Celtic backgrounds- to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised to find anything else in my blood stream, and neither should you. All this shit about England apparently 'laughing' at our neighbouring provinces is complete bollocks- it either comes from history that far predates the birth of you and me, politics, or just plain ignorance.

[PSPMAN0180]

all i understand is: hjedwjbkhbwsnnjcf njwcfe wehibwubcf d uebb edxb whhrjeuwbry hr h uyyerhjcrjabjabajabjabajbajbja­bjabjabjabjabjbabjaj jbhwqbqywbihewnhjnjd xnkjehbhuwdnjwe

[pengboy92]

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[ThothWisdom]

@Irishborne

shut up u idiot

[Andehh17]

welsh is a beautiful language and so is the rest of the celtic languages

[GaeilgeSpraoi]

I'm Irish and can speak Irish Gaelic which is also a Celtic language but Welsh is completely different! I think it sounds really pretty though! ;)

[TarantulaTown]

Welsh sounds like Icelandic in a blender!

[dimflamingo]

@TarantulaTown

It's older than Icelandic so maybe it's the other way around.

[MarvellousMuffin]

I'm going to learn Welsh quite soon I think. I wonder how this is going to come through my thick Scottish accent, that ought to be interesting.

[TheOneAndOnlyMe92]

Haven't got a clue what they're saying.

Sounds cool though.

Kinda like a mix between russian and polish.

[gloomyoutlook]

@TheOneAndOnlyMe92

Whatever one can say about Welsh, it's definitely not that it sounds anything like a Slavic language. AT ALL, lol.

[RodgerVanSteen]

I like eating noodles

[Elmothefuzzle]

I didn't know gibberish was a language

[playitjade]

sounds icelandish

[toppguun]

glad that you keep ur beautiful language!!

[runnertje2]

i talk like this aswell... when im drunk

[0loveI0music]

jeeez it sounds so danish O_o

[beefcakepantiehoes]

sounds like it was heavily influenced by latin

[AkariLucero]

Wow, I'd never heard Welsh before. Such a beautiful language!

[TimelessGypsy]

I really really want to learn to speak Welsh.

[Bronxloyalist]

Don't like England?-stop sponging off the crown! U.K. UNITED AND FREE.

[DanieleCreole]

I agree with you fully. We're trying to do similar things in my area of the US. our dialects of French are endangered because of the English language being forced on everyone. I love hearing these languages. The smaller nations of the UK should do their best to keep their history from only being in the books.

[Skaz32225]

Welsh seems to be a very hard language to learn. The way they speak or the way they write. Is Welsh similar to the Gaelic language that is spoken in Ireland and/or Scotland? it is a total different language as English but very interesting.

[etherella]

@Skaz32225 It's not really that similar, in my opinion.

[PersianPaladin]

They speak Welsh just to piss off the English lol

[alebangalter]

Cymraeg sounds fucking awesome, is as cool as the flag of Wales... i've got to make some tourism over there someday...

[uhltron]

creepy it sounds like their playing a tape backwards. Flippity glibiit ogh hobboles, WHAT?!

[xxCCBBxx]

Amazing, sounds like English but it is totally incomprehensible. Makes me appreciate what it's like trying to learn English.

[BarFAN21]

ok that first b in the red was a buzz kill, but i was about to nut when i saw the broad at 0:52 mad decent, but yet again most of the ladies were ugly, the men were perfect