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From http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/14653930.One_million_Welsh_speaker_target_set_for_2050/

One million Welsh speaker target set for 2050
by Becky Carr
July 31, 2016

One million Welsh speakers by 2050 is the target for the Welsh Government with plans set to be launched at the National Eisteddfod today.

The first minister and the minister for lifelong learning and Welsh language will unveil a consultation paper, which covers six areas of focus for the plans.

Despite being a bilingual nation, the most recent UK census in 2011 found that only 560,000 of the population admitted their ability to speak Welsh.

Blaenau Gwent AM Alun Davies, who is the minister for lifelong learning and Welsh language, said: “Reaching a million speakers is a deliberately ambitious target.

Read the full article at http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/14653930.One_million_Welsh_speaker_target_set_for_2050/

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