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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 11/05/2026

A new opportunity to support young people to become confident bilingual learners will begin in a Welsh county next year, with the introduction of bespoke Welsh‑medium ‘late immersion’ provision

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New 'late immersion' Welsh language course to be introduced in all-ages school

Nation.Cymru Team A new opportunity to support young people to become confident bilingual learners will begin in a Welsh county next year, with the introduction of bespoke Welsh‑medium ‘late immersio...

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Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

There's also an incredible level of anglo-centric arrogance to the statement. For many non-anglophone writers around the world, there simply is no choice. Are those people giving up on their creative integrity when they commission English translations??

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Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In news sure to please in Quebec and Wales alike, Céline Dion has announced a series of tour dates across Wales, starting with an outdoor performance at Castell Dolbadarn! What's more, she'll be singing in Welsh! I honestly can't wait to hear her rendition of 'Bydd Fy Nghalon yn Parhau Ymlaen'...!

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17/03/2026

well that went way deeper than I was expecting

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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 17/03/2026

🗣️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 'Twf cyson a chadarn' Mae data newydd yn awgrymu bod mwy nag 20,000 o bobl bellach yn dysgu Cymraeg, sef y nifer uchaf erioed

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Y nifer uchaf erioed o bobl yn dysgu Cymraeg yn ôl data newydd

Mae data newydd yn awgrymu bod mwy nag 20,000 o bobl bellach yn dysgu Cymraeg, sef y nifer uchaf erioed.

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bleddwgan @radekllundain.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Obviously, but there's also the aspect of language and we can see this affects Brits as well: having the world Lingua Franca as your native language is NOT good for you!

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

In order to understand UK politics in 2026 you must realise that a plumber & plasterer doesn't represent the interests of the working class because she is left-wing but a wealthy broadcaster & former academic does represent the interests of the working class because he is right-wing. Hope this helps

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I love how English uses so many synonyms of "vote" whereas #Welsh is just like eh...a vote is a vote 🗳️ voting station 🗳️ voting card 🗳️ voting booth 🗳️ voting paper 🗳️ voting box

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The best thing to come out of this ordeal is that I've been called a "popular" creator by news outlets and even the radio

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Ulrich Pennig @pennigulrich.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I have been following @israellai.bsky.social 's journey to Learning Welsh. Now he wants to do the British Citizenship Test in Welsh, which seems to be quite difficult: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYFu... #Welsh #Wales #LearningWelsh

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About the Welsh Citizenship Test Situation...

YouTube video by Rhapsody in Lingo

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Why did my brain just hear "darling hold my hand" and go "get more with Super Duolingo"

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

jesus, nation dot cymru be giving me jumpscares

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Every time I attempt to fill in a form from certain *ahem lloyds bank ahem* websites #nationality

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Kinda interesting how Ryan Reynolds got Netflix to put Welsh subs on his random-ass films But couldn't get Disney to put Welsh subs on his documentary about Wrexham #wrexham #wrecsam #cymru #cymraeg #wales #welsh

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Fellas you really gotta sort this thing out between yourselves #irish #scottish #scottishgaelic #gàidhlig #gaeilge

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I'm taking the citizenship test in Welsh. . . . Is it out of spite? Maybe. #eisteddfod #cymraeg #cymru #welsh #wales #citizenship #ukcitizenship

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I've decided to change the language of my YouTube account, so that hopefully they'll stop pushing the crap auto dubs on me. If my language is niche enough, they probably don't have a dubbed track ready for me.

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

arghhhh why is manchester such a bizarre part of the UK where I feel somewhat positive about the future?! this place is a dump but it's also a weirdly nice dump

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

YouTube's been pushing auto-dubbed videos hard lately... Once in a while it's a topic I genuinely want to watch, but then I know that if I click it, I'll have to endure the robot voice for a few seconds before I can get in the settings and switch back to the normal German. So I'm sorry BR24 but no.

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Richard Nosworthy @richardnosworthy.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Mae'n anodd dysgu Cymraeg tu fas i Gymru! Dyma un o brofiadau @israellai.bsky.social ym Manceincion o bennod diweddaraf fy mhodlediad, Hefyd. Ydych chi wedi cael profiadau tebyg? 👂 hefyd.podbean.com/e/israel-lai... #Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad

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Richard Nosworthy @richardnosworthy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Dysgu Cymraeg? Dwi wedi ail-gychwyn fy mhodlediad, Hefyd, sydd am fywydau siaradwyr newydd fel ti! Yn y pennod newydd dwi'n siarad gyda'r anghygoel @israellai.bsky.social - boi o Hong Hong sydd wedi symud i Fanceinion. #Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad richardnosworthy.cymru/2025/05/21/p...

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Podlediad Hefyd - Pennod 22, Israel Lai - Richard Nosworthy - Arbenigwr Cyfathrebu Llawrydd, Caerdydd

Pennod 22 o Bodlediad Hefyd, gydag Israel Lai o Fanceinion a Hong Kong.

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Mae o wedi cymud tipyn o amser, ond mae'r bennod Hefyd wedi dod allan! Ewch i wrando arni hi ar unwaith! Diolch i @richardnosworthy.bsky.social #cymraeg #cymru #dysgucymraeg #welsh #learnwelsh #wales #pod #podlediad #podcast #podcastguest

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

These interviewees are so slay ngl ✨🇵🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Hey world, remember when you thought this was awesome? (Which, by the way, it was). Yeah well she's been suspended for a week now because of it; it's coloniser rules and forms of expression allowed only, indigenous people must only be angry in white ways. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Te Pāti Māori MPs to be temporarily suspended from Parliament over haka

MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke faces a seven-day suspension for her actions.

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Ted @tedzu.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Sunday school at Grace Faith Mission in NYC Chinatown, c. 1936 On the blackboard is John 3:16 in Cantonese: 上帝愛世人𢬿其獨生之子賜過佢哋 Of particular interest to me is the word 𢬿 (pronounced in Cantonese as kaai5) which is similar in meaning to 把 or 將 in Mandarin. 𢬿 is rarely used in Cantonese nowadays

Photo from Museum of Chinese in America: Childhood in Chinatown in the 1930s

https://www.mocanyc.org/2022/04/26/childhood-in-chinatown-in-the-1930s/

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I propose something like a Godwin's law for Discord servers: As a server grows, the probability of a pet/animal channel being set up approaches one

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I made it 🥹 I not only survived the Canadian winter, but also made a video about Québec French! Literally filmed inside a snowstorm!!! 💀 youtu.be/4bqM2bIhnw0?... #canada #quebec #québec #french #français

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How far will YOU go to save your language?

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Hate #duolingo cards so much omg The answer is 'I have gray hair', I typed 'gre' and my peripheral vision saw a card fly into the sentence, so I just assumed it was 'grey'...but alas Just let me type my goddamn answer in peace please

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Making this video has taught me that it's hard to enunciate at -20°C

Screenshot of a video of me in Québec city

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Call me old-fashioned but I'd love it if #Welsh used its feminine forms of titles more, not least because of grammatical agreement I just saw someone on #YSŵn say cenedlaetholwraig without breaking a sweat. Imagine if we had Y Brif Weinidoges - then we'd have not only whiny dog but whiny D O G E S

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Ok but why are these guys so based

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Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

BREAKING: The Welsh language has officially added 3 new vowels - ÿ, ŵŵ, and ællg - one of which is pronounced entirely with your eyebrows. Duolingo says updates are underway. Linguists baffled. Road signs expected to grow by 40%. Panic buying of consonants has begun.

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I got curious and tried to check if I'm eligible for a credit card at my bank It asks me if I'm a British citizen I say no It asks me for my nationality I have two nationalities Neither of which is on the list So I guess it's a no then? #ukbank

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

So BBC News is live broadcasting Trump's address to US congress and every. single. sentence. is getting like a full minute of standing ovation (from half of the room) Slowest speech I've ever seen lol

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I don't know why my laptop has recently been firmly convinced that we have #eduroam at home No, no we don't. Stop pretending you're connected to that nonexistent network

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

If you were waiting for the right time to show your support for language rights, now is the right time. Sign your name here and pledge your support for everyone's right to use their languages. form.jotform.com/250344092659...

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

So I just learnt that Arabs are officially white in the States. I don't know how to feel about that fact

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Israel Lai @israellai.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The number of comments telling me to change my name is getting out of hand. No. This is my name, always has been, and always will be. Stop being daft.

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