Mentrau Iaith Cymru | Welsh Language Initiative

ORGANISATION

Mentrau Iaith Cymru | Welsh Language Initiative

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

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.