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The ”’Welsh”’ ({{lang-cy|Cymry}}) are a [[Celts|Celtic]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Minahan |first=James |title=One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwvoM-ZFoAgC |date=2000 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |page=179 |isbn=0313309841 |quote=The [[Cornish people|Cornish]] are related to the other Celtic peoples of Europe, the [[Bretons]],* [[Irish people|Irish]],* [[Scottish people|Scots]],* [[Manx people|Manx]],* Welsh,* and the [[Galicians]]* of northwestern Spain}}</ref> [[nation]] and [[ethnic group|ethnic
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The ”’Welsh”’ ({{lang-cy|Cymry}}) are a [[Celts|Celtic]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Minahan |first=James |title=One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwvoM-ZFoAgC |date=2000 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |page=179 |isbn=0313309841 |quote=The [[Cornish people|Cornish]] are related to the other Celtic peoples of Europe, the [[Bretons]],* [[Irish people|Irish]],* [[Scottish people|Scots]],* [[Manx people|Manx]],* Welsh,* and the [[Galicians]]* of northwestern Spain}}</ref> [[nation]] and [[ethnic group|ethnic group]] native to [[Wales]]. “Welsh people” applies to those who were born in Wales ({{lang-cy|Cymru}}) and to those who have Welsh [[ancestry]], perceiving themselves or being perceived as sharing a [[cultural heritage]] and shared ancestral origins.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rhys |first1=John |author1-link=John Rhys |last2=Brynmor Jones |first2=David |author2-link=David Brynmor Jones |title=The Welsh People: Chapters On Their Origin, History, Laws, Language, Literature, And Characteristics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FNWRxAEACAAJ |date=1969 |publisher=Wentworth Press |isbn=978-1010520467 |edition=2019}}</ref> Wales is one of the four [[countries of the United Kingdom]]. The majority of people living in Wales are [[British nationality law|British citizens]].<ref name=”Stats 1″>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/administrative/the-countries-of-the-uk/index.html|title=The Countries of the UK|publisher=statistics.gov.uk|access-date=10 October 2008|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/geography/beginner-s-guide/administrative/the-countries-of-the-uk/index.html|archive-date=5 January 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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In Wales, the [[Welsh language]] ({{lang-cy|Cymraeg}}) is protected by law.{{refn|The Welsh language has been protected gradually and most notably by the [[Welsh Language Act 1967]], the [[Welsh Language Act 1993]], and the [[Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011]].}} Welsh remains the predominant language in many parts of Wales, particularly in [[North Wales]] and parts of [[West Wales]], though English is the predominant language in [[South Wales]]. The Welsh language is also taught in schools throughout Wales, and, even in regions of Wales in which Welsh people predominantly speak English on a daily basis, the Welsh language is often spoken at home among family or in other informal settings, with Welsh speakers often engaging in [[code-switching]] and [[translanguaging]]. In the English-speaking areas of Wales, many Welsh people are [[Multilingualism|bilingually fluent]] or semi-fluent in the Welsh language or, to varying degrees, capable of speaking or understanding the language at limited or conversational [[language proficiency|proficiency]] levels. The Welsh language has been spoken in the region which is now Wales since well before the [[Caesar’s invasions of Britain|Roman incursions into Britain]]. The historian, [[John Davies (historian)|John Davies]], argues that the origin of the “Welsh nation” can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the [[end of Roman rule in Britain]].<ref>{{harv|Davies|1994|p=54}}</ref>
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In Wales, the [[Welsh language]] ({{lang-cy|Cymraeg}}) is protected by law.{{refn|The Welsh language has been protected gradually and most notably by the [[Welsh Language Act 1967]], the [[Welsh Language Act 1993]], and the [[Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011]].}} Welsh remains the predominant language in many parts of Wales, particularly in [[North Wales]] and parts of [[West Wales]], though English is the predominant language in [[South Wales]]. The Welsh language is also taught in schools throughout Wales, and, even in regions of Wales in which Welsh people predominantly speak English on a daily basis, the Welsh language is often spoken at home among family or in other informal settings, with Welsh speakers often engaging in [[code-switching]] and [[translanguaging]]. In the English-speaking areas of Wales, many Welsh people are [[Multilingualism|bilingually fluent]] or semi-fluent in the Welsh language or, to varying degrees, capable of speaking or understanding the language at limited or conversational [[language proficiency|proficiency]] levels. The Welsh language has been spoken in the region which is now Wales since well before the [[Caesar’s invasions of Britain|Roman incursions into Britain]]. The historian, [[John Davies (historian)|John Davies]], argues that the origin of the “Welsh nation” can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the [[end of Roman rule in Britain]].<ref>{{harv|Davies|1994|p=54}}</ref>
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