Minority Languages in the UK
Welsh
The 1536 Acts of the Union meant that English was to be the only language of the courts of Wales, and those using the Welsh language were not to receive public office in the territories of the king:
'No person or persons that use the Welsh speech or langugage shall have or enjoy any manor, office or fees within the realm of England, Wales or other of the king's dominions upon pain of forfeiting the same offices or fees unless he or they use and exercise the speech and langugage of English' .
What was the Welsh Not? Click the poster on the right for the answer.
Listen to the voice recording of people from Swansea. How do they feel about not being able to speak Welsh?
In 1993, the Welsh Language Act accorded equal status to Welsh and English in public life in
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