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Cymraeg (Welsh), is certainly on the rise in our particular part of Wales. Llŷn and the surrounding areas of Snowdonia (Eryri) and Anglesey (Ynys Môn) have the highest percentage of Welsh speakers in Wales (Cymru), widely over 70%, ten times the percentage in the country's capital, Cardiff (Caerdydd).

Cymraeg is now the official first language, and all public signs/notices have to be bilingual, most noticeable are probably the road signs. It is not hard to come across people speaking Cymraeg, and don't worry, they are not talking about you, it is simply the language they use everyday, and why not? Cymraeg is one of the oldest languages in Europe, older than English and often referred to as "the language of heaven".

Bilingual sign in Abersoch