Here’s an English translation of the fascinating radio lecture Tynged yr Iaith (Fate of the Language) by Saunders Lewis which was delivered exactly 50 years ago today in a BBC broadcast from a small studio in the centre of Cardiff. The translation is by G. Aled Williams.
Tynged yr Iaith o 1962 gan Saunders Lewis ar Spotify (46:25) Rhaid imi gychwyn a gorffen sgrifennu’r ddarlith hon cyn cyhoeddi ystadegau’r cyfrifiad a fu y llynedd ar y Cymry Cymraeg yng Nghymru. Mi ragdybiaf y bydd y ffigurau a gyhoeddir cyn hir yn sioc ac yn siom i’r rheini ohonom sy’n ystyried nad Cymru [...]
Mae’n braf i weld blog newydd Anturiaethau yn y Jyngl gan Dafydd Tudur – “Blog sy’n rhannu gwybodaeth ac ysgogi trafodaeth am eiddo deallusol drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg”. Dyn ni wedi trafod un neu dau beth yn barod. Mae fe wedi ateb fy nghofnod am Lyfrgell Genedlaethol a sganio llyfrau, dw i wedi ateb gyda [...]
I need to set myself some new challenges with my Welsh learning. The next will be book-related. That means picking one up and reading it. But it needs to be a good one with the right level of challenge. (Previous posts about learning Welsh) Rhaid i mi fendio her newydd yn fy anturiaethau Cymraeg. Dw [...]
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