Welsh language
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Welsh language
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146070
- info:lc/authorities/sh85146070
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85146070#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
Cambrian language
Cambric language
Cymraeg language
Cymric language
Broader Terms
Sources
- found: Wikipedia, Feb. 6, 2013 (Welsh language. Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "the British tongue", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". Language family: Celtic, Insular Celtic, Brythonic)
- found: Lyrics of the Middle Ages, 1990: p. 265 (Welsh (or Cymric), the original language of the Britons before the Anglo-Saxon invasions of the 400s)
- found: Ethnologue, via WWW, Feb. 6, 2013 (Welsh. A language of United Kingdom. Also spoken in Argentina in Patagonia, Chubut Territory, Canada, United States. Alternate names: Cymraeg. Classification: Indo-European, Celtic, Insular, Brythonic)
- found: Oxford dictionaries pro, via WWW, Feb. 6, 2013 (Cambrian 1 (chiefly in names or geographical terms) Welsh)
LC Classification
- PB2101-PB2199
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2013-04-17: revised
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