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Welsh Keywords: Dwyieithrwydd

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by Meg Elis

This is the twenty-fourth contribution to our Welsh Keywords series – inspired by Raymond Williams’ Keywords – which offers contemporary perspectives on contested meanings of words in Welsh and how these shifting meanings continue to shape our society.

The earliest mention of the word dwyieithrwydd (bilingualism) in the Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (University of Wales Dictionary) is only in 1938, and the earliest mention of dwyieithog is in 1831.

Dwyieithrwydd

Translation facilities on location © Hywel Edwards

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About the author

Meg Elis is originally from Aberystwyth, but has lived in the north for many years. She has worked for Gwynedd Council and Bangor University among others, and is now an author and freelance translator.