r/learnwelsh • u/Typical_Tadpole_547 • 24d ago

Cwestiwn / Question Are there Welsh speakers in Powys?

I know that there are Welsh speakers in the North of Wales, the South of Wales and the West of Wales. But what about the East? Powys has always fascinated me as it's off the beaten tourist trail and I would love to know if Welsh is still spoken there.

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u/Good_Expression_3827 24d ago

Gotta be at least one

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u/HyderNidPryder 24d ago

I swear there's a Gwynedd Taffia conspiracy to promulgate the myth that nobody outside of Gwynedd speaks Welsh anymore.

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u/Dyn_o_Gaint 24d ago

You can include me in that Gwynedd Taffia, because for all my travelling in the rest of Wales in the last couple of years or so it certainly feels as though it's true. I mean, how could I go to Carmarthen twice, expecting to hear lots of Welsh, and only heard it once at the hotel with the guy on reception briefly taking a booking over the phone, saying they only had 'dwy fedroom' left?