WIKITONGUES: Sandra speaking Welsh

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[@kagitsune]

Oh nooo the auto-generated English 🤣🤣🤣

[@ah5721]

@@kagitsune the auto generated English is atrocious !

[@mathunt1130]

Welsh is the most beautiful language I have ever heard.

[@mikehawke.]

You should hear it from a 1st language speaker it will blow your mind then 😂

[@stevecarter8810]

It's totally where Tolkien went for the language of the elves

[@003mohamud]

ehhhhhhh. It's soft and one of my favorites, but *most* beautiful?

[@logicbomb11]

I beg to differ, kzbin.info/www/bejne/e53SpJiqpd6JgJI (for the sake of humour only!) 😂 The earlier languages of the isles are all beautiful equally, but one's Individual heritage must take precedence of course🤷🏼‍♂️😂😂

[@shrewms5225]

It sounds terrible

[@tw8245]

Common misconception here; Gaelic and Welsh are both Celtic languages, but Welsh is not gaelic, and Gaelic is not Irish, and scots is not gaelic, kind of like how a square is a rectangle but a rectangle is not a square. Celtic split into two groups, Britonnic (obviously those related to the isle of Great Britain) and Goidelic, which stayed on the islands on the fringes. Britonnic languages include Welsh Cornish and Breton, whereas Goidelic include Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, and Manx. Now SCOTS, is completely different. That is a Germanic language very close to english and frisian. The more you know.

[@benkit49]

It's all the same.

[@tw8245]

Its all the same just like English and German are the same right? All the same my ass. I speak Welsh and I cant understand a LICK of Irish or even Breton which is VERY similar to Welsh.

[@seanolaocha940]

Timothy Williams Can you not understand Breton at all? What about Cornish? As an Irish speaker I can understand the other two Gaelic languages to a degree, Gàidhlig in particular.

[@seanolaocha940]

benkit49 Don't be a moron.

[@cruffatin]

+Seán Leahy Not the OP, but I have a Cornish uncle who regularly sends birthday cards etc in Kernewek and we understand enough to get most of it but not details, although it's a bit tougher when spoken. Breton is a little further removed from Welsh so I understand very little spoken or written Breton. I've heard Breton and Cornish are more mututally intelligible than Welsh and Breton though, which sort of makes sense given the geographic distribution of the languages.

[@frobinson9365]

A beautiful language, a beautiful voice and a beautiful recording

[@TheEarthRealm]

No 'beautiful face'...? 😏

[@pana738]

What a beautiful language

[@triplexsolucoes5849]

So expressive! Congrats!

[@user-chris_zervakis]

listening for the first time Welsh :) Thank you

[@amhung]

thank you very much from across the pond ... i've heard a bit of welsh here and there on youtube .. but never before such a clear and honest-sounding demonstration .. you made me feel like i was right there face-to-face with you just settled back in my chair enjoying your going on and on .. even though i understood nary a word .. but i must say that from your lips welsh is a beautiful language ::

[@mattc9998]

I have no idea what she's saying but it's so soothing.

[@kamranriaz4661]

You can turn on subtitles But its in welsh

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

It annoys me loads and I cant imagine how Welsh people feel when people say "Welsh is a very nice Gaelic language " like seriously ye can't be that tic thinking Welsh is Gaelic then not believing us when we correct yeas

[@alexv3357]

The thing is, the distinction between Brythonic and Goidelic within the Insular Celtic Languages is distant and meaningless to them. They simply do not care, and would remember no matter how many times they are told

[@popcorns6472]

Always so cringey when people type in an accent.

[@mikehawke.]

Its funny that the names Walsh, Breatnach, Brannagh, Wallace are in Ireland then if were not related isnt it 😂 William Wallace was not a Welshman either then i take it 😂 St patrick was Welsh, And St david was Irish or didnt you know that? , We speak 2 different branches of the same language but somehow we are not related 🤔 Do your homework before you clock on next time 👍

[@mikehawke.]

Irish and Welsh shared a common Celtic ancestry. Before 1700, the word “Celtic” meant nothing to the average Irish or Welsh person. But early in the 18th century, two linguists, Paul-Yves Pezron and Edward Lhuyd, discovered that the Gaelic languages and Brythonic languages were members of a single language family. They implied that the name for this group of languages should be “Celtic”, because one of these languages, Breton, was the language of the ancient Gauls. As the Gauls were Celts, it seemed reasonable to classify all of the related languages as “Celtic”.

[@Fort976]

@@mikehawke. Learn to read. Of course they're related, but they don't belong to the same branch of the Celtic languages.

[@villevirtanen00]

Very beautiful language. I once went to the Porthmadog area, Welsh was predominant. Fascinating and different. On TV at least one Welsh-speaking channel. Ambiwlans and heddlu were the local emergency services.

[@theearth__9146]

All official government services and signs are bilingual with Welsh being displayed on Emergency service vehicles

[@Tetriandoch]

Fascinating language...

[@HaydenPurpledawn]

Sounds very nice though I don't understand a bit :) It is very similar to Sindarin, a fictional Elvish language from Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", "Hobbit" and "Silmarillion". And yes I know Tolkien based Sindarin on Welsh.

[@macasiskaishak2808]

Hayden Purpledawn Welsh and Finnish is what i heard he used the two as his inspiration to create it

[@irosonur6851]

Hayden Purpledawn it was also based on Finnish

[@SamUSB5000]

@@macasiskaishak2808 Sindarin is inspired by Welsh, whereas Quenya is based on Finnish.

[@quetzalcoatl3242]

Such a beautiful language

[@PiperMcPhersonTheWren]

I always thought Welsh was the most beautiful of the Celtic languages

[@lilililililililililillilil7429]

Your magic spell worked,i an smiling 😊

[@bestrafung2754]

I'm English and Celtic languages are very beautiful.

[@abcxyz-cx4mr]

Agree

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

Not at all!

[@ZivaLight]

What is the poem she is reciting?

[@LuisDanielAcostaAlzamora]

may you put subtitles or a translation as in the cornish video

[@murraywood7480]

Yes I agree , that would be very helpful .

[@orrling]

It's the first time in my life that I hear this language. If not counting the famous ridiculously long town name

[@myrddingwynedd2751]

Da iawn, Sandra, a pharch i ti am ddysgu`r iaith.

[@xSnakeSkullzx]

Its like my brain is hearing it as English a tiny bit. Like it feels like its having a hard time figuring out what its hearing.

[@nick-her9275]

It’s her accent not the language. You should hear a native north welsh speaker. Your head will start spinning.

[@tgyuidlodka3850]

aye

[@manonwilliams637]

Cyflwyniad hyfryd gen ti Sandra! Rwyt ti'n adrodd y gerdd yn fendigedig!

[@jimbojhonson4121]

thank you

[@jamieyoho2310]

So is this where the English accent comes from?

[@michaelhalsall5684]

Some words of English come from Welsh. Welsh and Cumbric (a now dead Celtic language) were the languages of what is now England before the Angles, Saxons and Jutes arrived and conquered the Celt people living there. These people spoke Germanic dialects which became one of the components of English ("Anglish"). Later Danish speaking Vikings briefly ruled England and added a Danish component to the language. Finally England was conquered by the Normans, a French speaking Viking people who added a lot to the English language.

[@pascalmassie4706]

That sounds like Breton (in intonation/rhythm) even though I know Brezhoneg but do not understand what she says.

[@michaelhalsall5684]

Welsh is a close relative to Breton. The Bretons were apparently people who originally came Cornwall in England. Breton has been heavily influenced by French over recent centuries whereas Welsh was not.

[@pascalmassie4706]

@@michaelhalsall5684 Yes I know, I speak some Breton, I recognize some similarities in intonation even though I do not understand her.

[@Zhiivago]

I imagine this is how English sounds for someone who doesn't understand it. Beautiful sounding language nevertheless!

[@DanWestonX]

Fel arfer, mae'n anodd iawn 'da fi fel Americanwr sy'n dysgu Cymraeg ag acen de Cymru yn ddeall acen gogledd Cymru (dyma pam ei bod yn well i fi wylio Pobol y Cwm na Rownd a Rownd!). Ond er i chi ddweud bod chi gael eich geni yn y gogledd, dw i'n gallu eich deall chi yn glir er hynny. :)

[@shanke300]

Magical language.

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

So ¿this language is like a spell?

[@buarath9]

People says that my Italian language is romantic, but they didn't listen to Cymraeg (Welsh)...

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

LMFAO

[@tgyuidlodka3850]

Да, Мзм

[@JohnSmith-tm6fe]

Wow this is not similar to any language I can recognise, it sounds to me like a mixture of Dutch and Turkish.

[@ricardosoto5770]

Hinterland!

[@Metaphysicist]

So this is where Tolkien got Elvish from.

[@Wikitongues]

Welsh and Finnish! Quenya was primarily based off of Finnish; however, Tolkien was always most intrigued by Welsh and Finnish, so influences are definitely there :)

[@RRTNZ]

Da iawn ! Mae ei Cymraeg hi yn swnio fel cerddoriaeth. Dw i'n caru ein iaith.

[@skybeneath4446]

Frodo, come here. Arwen is speaking

[@thatshinyespeon3842]

They always get the Gogs on but I prefer this cuz the north Wales dialect is easier to understand

[@TheEarthRealm]

Sounds like Dutch. Is it Germanic? :)

[@Polyglot02]

Not at all. Welsh is a Celtic language that is closely related to Cornish and Breton and, to a lesser extent, to Irish and Scottish Gaelic.

[@allanjamieson761]

On yersel Sandra. Cùm Cuimris Beò.

[@tgyuidlodka3850]

Акноледгд

[@thenightwatchman1598]

the language of king arthur.

[@elizabethmcnamara6548]

Wish I could speak Welsh.

[@silverfireUK]

Try Duolingo, it is quite difficult (I find) because the word order in sentences isn't always the same as English and the language is quite sneaky at using different first letters for some words depending on which other words you are using in the sentence.

[@baileyryan488]

Nobody: How foreigners hear English

[@zalinakim7577]

Sounds like Chirkassian (North Caucasus )

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

¿Really?

[@NacerDeArriba]

Not suprised

[@ArthurBugorski]

Is she fluent/is she speaking as to a native? It seems to my ears (as a non-speakerof any celtic language) as over enunciated or slowed to aid listeners.

[@seancoleman5021]

Arthur Bugorski She says she was born in North Wales and her parents speak (or spoke) Welsh but didn't pass it on. She learnt a little bit at school but has in later life studied it at night school. For someone who learnt it later in life she speaks very fluently though she says things like 'rydwy' which I think is more formal or literary than the usual 'dwy'i' (I am), but I'm certainly no expert and I suppose it might possibly be a dialect thing. I'm not Welsh myself. I can understand it but have never spoken it (or had reason to) because I don't live there (although I can imagine trying after a couple of pints) but it is a fine language with an ancient literature.

[@leroybasslines]

Yep, she's speaking incredibly clearly and carefully as she learnt the language later in life. She is totally fluent but has a slightly formal way of constructing sentences, I guess similar to international English compared to a regional accent of a fluent speaker.

[@tw8245]

Rdw i is older more colloquial welsh. Today most people just say Dw i.

[@PewPewPlasmagun]

Or shorter still: wi.

[@timphillips9954]

@@seancoleman5021 Yes rydwy is more formal, but also used in the valleys as well.

[@branislavpavlovic9918]

Hebrew?

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

No

[@branislavpavlovic9918]

@@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya it's sounds so like a hebrew....

[@silverfireUK]

It's Welsh.

[@calebschmidt238]

Wait, why can’t I understand them? I can understand English speakers from England and Ireland.

[@theadrien1937]

Because its welsh not english

[@Polyglot02]

She’s not speaking English, she’s speaking Welsh which is a completely different language. Welsh is a Celtic language whereas English is a Germanic language.

[@calebschmidt238]

@@Polyglot02 THANK YOU❤️❤️❤️

[@minechannel1393]

Welsh with automatically generated subtitles LMAO

[@tieradanheux741]

dw i'm gallu ac hoffi siarad cymraeg, but this doesn't sound natural, likely because she is talkingto a camera rather than in a conversation

[@tw8245]

It didnt sound natural to me at all, very written sounding and scripted. I like hearing the mistakes and the shortenings of spoken language, and this just lacked a lot of the realness. Sounded like she was reading text, which anyone can do if taught our Wales's phonetic alphabet.

[@ArchLingAdvNolan]

You mean, Dw i gallu a hoffi siarad Cymraeg. - i'r iawn.

[@mindfulbreathinginstitute4252]

Diolch!

[@Tonk-or4bp]

This is the polish of england

[@meadow-maker]

Hyfryd Yawn! Diolch yn fawr.

[@kernowforester811]

Sounds like a south Walian. From Cornwall.

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

¿Really?

[@kernowforester811]

@@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya Yes, 'Really'. She is not a native speaker, sounds like someone from south Wales, who did not grow up with Welsh, but learnt it. I lived in Neath and Llandovery for years, knew native speakers, and non native speakers alike. Shw mae?

[@prettytse7762]

SOUNDS LIKE "LORD OF THE RING."

[@TheNutCollector]

It sounds close to english. It almost feels like I should be able to understand what she is saying, but I can't. Its has a familiarity to it. It's like listening to pig latin where the sounds of words are familiar but mixed up.

[@enaidhapus6870]

Maybe it’s her accent because Cymraeg and English aren’t related at all

[@nick-her9275]

It’s her accent not the language. You should hear a native north welsh speaker. Your head will start spinning.

[@mlynn9361]

quite possibly the only form of gaelic i could learn. certainly started a to years ago. actually supper easy once you understand the alphabet. ... pretty :)

[@johnrichards7179]

shelly m Welsh isn't a form of Gaelic. It's Celtic, but not Gaelic.

[@mlynn9361]

John Richards so i totally didnt believe you and looked it up... yeah, according to wiki, theres the six living celtic languages: gaelic - scottish and irish, brittonic- welsh and breton ...and then cornish and manx. and now i know. its kinda like people mixing up netherlands and holland

[@Happydancer9]

+shelly m Welsh, Breton and Cornish are Brythonic. Scots Gaelic*, Irish and Manx are Gaelic. "Scottish" isn't a Celtic Language, it's a germanic language; bsaically English with a scottish accent.

[@garethmaccoll4374]

I believe she was just distinguishing between two of the forms of Gaelic: Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic - there was no need for correction. Also, there is quite a difference between English with a Scottish accent and the language/dialect of Scots; it isn't "bsaically [sic] English with a scottish accent."

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Ohh no

[@paulwhitney1868]

Wales = Gales= galic= Gailic. Ask a frenchman.

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

¿Why?

[@michaelhalsall5684]

"Wales" is the England language name of that country. It is "Cymru" (kum'ree) in the Welsh language. The Saxons invaders who conquered southern Britain referred to the Celts as "Waelsh' (foreigners) even though they were already there!

[@gusper314]

Es kling Hebräisch!!!

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

Not at all

[@ttall6136]

Rumors going round that THIS language is the original HEBREW.

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

¿Really?

[@joannechisholm4501]

Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic, and Manx come from Irland, Welsh, Breton, Cornish, Cumbric. all come from the UK.

[@aubs400]

*Britain, not the UK

They all come from Britain and before that mainland Europe.

[@ah5721]

Beautiful Language , unfortunately the English subtitles are garbage

[@phryg2035]

English is an immensely boring language... I'm trying to learn Japanese, Korean and Welsh and they're so fun!

[@elliotmadethis]

English is almost certainly not boring. Don't throw ur own linguistic culture away. English is dominant, but not the Englishman's English. Assuming you are English, of course.

[@DarkwaveMistress]

It's definitely not boring! I'm not a native speaker although I began learning and using it daily since age 3. It's a beautiful language too. Japanese is absolutely amazing although some verb forms are difficult lol and Welsh is absolutely beautiful indeed.

[@elliotmadethis]

@@DarkwaveMistress nice to hear some linguistic love from a non native speaker :) don't usually hear that much for English

[@DarkwaveMistress]

@@elliotmadethis I think non natives mostly see English from a utilitarian perspective, which is a shame. It's such a melodic language, and it conveys so much emotion.

[@wk884]

Fair play to her. Not to insult her but she's not a native speaker