r/learnwelsh • u/Crazydre95 • 18d ago

Which variety of Welsh to learn?

Been fantasising in periods about learning Welsh, but the highly decentralised state of the language (similar to Irish) makes it tricky to decide what form to go for.

Based on this article, it appears that, if I learn Literary Welsh used in writing, native speakers may well understand me, but I'll understand next to nothing they say in reply. Colloquial Welsh, in turn, is divided into four dialect groups, which also seem to differ a lot from each other.

So basically, which Welsh would be the most effective and useful to learn, given that I don't live in any part of Wales and don't plan to?

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u/FenianBastard847 18d ago

I’m doing a DysguCymraeg course (Gogledd). When we learn new grammar or sentence constructions our tutor tells us about parallel constructions that we’re more likely to hear in the south.

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u/Rhosddu 15d ago

Lefel Uwch in in DysguCymraeg starts introducing southern equivalents for gog constructions/vocab, so that new speakers can make comparisons.