The Dialects of Wales

[image: Pembrokeshire dialect]

A collection of audio examples of dialect speech in the Welsh language, together with distribution maps of some dialect features. The recordings come from the archives of St Fagans: National History Museum and the Department of Welsh, Cardiff University, two institutions which have been collecting and recording oral testimonies since the 1950s.

• The Welsh dialect of Bryn-Crug, Merioneth 
• The Welsh dialect of Blaenpennal, Ceredigion 
• The Welsh dialect of Ffynnongroyw, East Clwyd 
• The Welsh dialect of Morriston, West Glamorgan 
• The Welsh dialect of Llanymawddwy, Montgomeryshire 
• The Welsh dialect of Llansannan, West Clwyd 
• The Welsh dialect of Llansawel, Dyfed 
• The Welsh dialect of Llangynwyd, Mid Glamorgan 
• The Welsh dialect of Glynogwr, Mid Glamorgan 

[image: Welsh dialect areas of 'a' in final syllables]

Map showing the Welsh dialect areas which use a in the final syllables of words

[image: Welsh dialect words for cowshed]

Map showing the distribution of Welsh dialect words for a cowshed

• The Welsh dialect of Pen-caer, Pembrokeshire 
• The Welsh dialect of Carno, Montgomeryshire 
• The Welsh dialect of Llannerch-y-medd, Anglesey 
• The Welsh dialect of Rhosllannerchrugog 
• The Welsh dialect of Caernarfon