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06/02/2013
'Live In Welsh' Policy Push
A language pressure group is calling for policy changes after 2011 Census results showed declining use of Welsh.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg want people "want to live in Welsh".
They have has taken out adverts in the Western Mail, Daily Post and on the website Golwg 360.
The group's chairman told the BBC Robin Farrar: "Our vision is a country where we can all live our lives in Welsh and securing strong Welsh language communities is the only way to realise that vision.
"What's needed is the political will to realise the ambition of people around the country."
The 2011 census showed a fall in the number of places where over half the population can speak Welsh.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) just 19% of the country's population can speak Welsh.
(GK)
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg want people "want to live in Welsh".
They have has taken out adverts in the Western Mail, Daily Post and on the website Golwg 360.
The group's chairman told the BBC Robin Farrar: "Our vision is a country where we can all live our lives in Welsh and securing strong Welsh language communities is the only way to realise that vision.
"What's needed is the political will to realise the ambition of people around the country."
The 2011 census showed a fall in the number of places where over half the population can speak Welsh.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) just 19% of the country's population can speak Welsh.
(GK)
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