Mentrau Iaith Cymru | Welsh Language Initiative

ORGANISATION

Mentrau Iaith Cymru is the national organisation which supports the network of local Mentrau Iaith across Wales.

The Mentrau Iaith are one of the ways in which Welsh communities take action to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language. Over the years the Mentrau Iaith have proven to be an effective community development model, making a difference to the communities that they serve. There are 23 local Mentrau Iaith whose work cover the whole of Wales. The main aim of MIC is promoting the Welsh language by supporting the local Mentrau Iaith. We do this across Wales by holding a wide range of community activities and projects to promote the language and its use.

Our target groups for activities and support are wide-ranging, and include children and young people, families, the community, learners, businesses, public bodies and third sector organisations.

Our goals:

-Influencing public policy for the benefit of the language.
-Supporting individuals, groups, organisations and institutions to increase their use of Welsh.
-Co-operating with others to market the Welsh language and the benefits of bilingualism.

COUNTRY

Wales

TYPE OF ORGANISATION

Associate Member

WEBSITE

http://www.mentrauiaith.org/

INFORMATION ABOUT THE LANGUAGE

Welsh

NAME OF THE LANGUAGE

ENW’R IAITH

Welsh

Cymraeg

TOTAL NUMBER OF SPEAKERS

CYFANSWM NIFER Y SIARADWYR

562,000 (Census 2011)

REGULATED BY

RHEOLEIDDIR GAN

Welsh Language Measure 2011 and the Welsh language Commissioner.

Mesur yr Iaith Gymraeg 2011 a Chomisiynydd yr Iaith Gymraeg.

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

ARDAL DDAEARYDDOL

Wales

Cymru

LANGUAGE FAMILY

TEULU IEITHYDDOL

Celtic

Celtaidd

STATUS OF THE LANGUAGE

STATWS YR IAITH

Official status in Wales

Statws swyddogol yng Nghymru

STATUS AT THE UNIVERSITY

STATWS YNY BRIFYSGOL

Universities are Autonomous bodies. They have to comply with the Welsh Language Standards.

Mae prifysgolion yn sefydliadau hunan-reolaethol. Mae’n rhaid iddynt gydymffurfio â Safonau’r Iaith Gymraeg.

FIELDS OF USE

ÀMBITS D’ÚS

Public administration (although only 2 councils have Welsh as their official working langauges) must offer a biling service, media (S4C, Radio Cymru, no daily newspaper but community papers and magazines and an online service), education (22.47% currently in Welsh Medium or bilingual education), leisure – project but no real national policy.

Er mae dau gyngor yn unig sydd â’r Gymraeg yn iaith gwaith iddynt, mae’n rhaid i weinyddiad cyhoeddus gynnig gwasanaeth dwyieithog: cyfryngau (S4C, Radio Cymru, dim papur dyddiol ond papurau bro a chylchgronau a gwasanaeth ar-lein); addysg (22.47% mewn addysg Gymraeg neu ddwyieithog); hamdden,- prosiect ond dim polisi cenedlaethol gwrioneddol.