Patagonian Welsh

(en.wikipedia.org)

21 points | by tintinnabula 4 days ago ago

5 comments

  • gerdesj an hour ago

    Us Britons have managed to cause some remarkably odd outcomes, way beyond the usual Empire bollocks and this is an absolute belter.

    Welsh is a Brythonic language, which is the most common class of languages spoken across what is now the UK(ish) that predates the Roman invasion in 55/54BC and 43 AD. It's way older than English. Other living examples include Scottish, Irish, Cornish (revived) and Bretton (off of France). There are, of course, dialects and so on.

    I think it is absolutely delightful that a small part of Patagonia speaks Welsh. In a world hell bent on painting itself beige this is a lovely thing. Diversity is important in all walks of life.

    • iandioch an hour ago

      FWIW, Scottish and Irish (and their sister Manx) are not Brythonic, they are in the other branch of extant Celtic languages, Goidelic/Gaelic.

  • slater 32 minutes ago

    Why does this entry not show up on https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=wikipedia.org ?

    Edit: I guess it’s because of the mobile URL…?

    • detaro 28 minutes ago

      it does, but on the second page, because it was originally posted 3 days ago.

      • slater 15 minutes ago

        oh derp, so it does. thanks!