Erm, Welsh? 
Eisteddfodau?
Cornwall & Australia (at least) have eisteddfods as well. (The Cornish one being called “esedhvos”.)
OK and Yr Alban has more than one Mod, but Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru 
is surely bigger, stronger… are the others not like the local and Urdd Eisteddfodau which are stepping stones to the National?
Mmm when I typed a little dragon flag appeared as a option, so I clicked on it. When saved to the Forum it seems to turn into two enigmatic banners!
ha! I played around with that, but could not get a dragon flag to appear.
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It was the word Cymru that shows a ddraig on my ipad, but not when I tell it to reply to forum!
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what about (and a bit of in an ifeal world sort of thing).
A series of SSIW lites. One for rugby, one for gossiping, one for cardiff city supporters and one for the swans.
A couple of five minute tasters, with voices of celebs and sports people.
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http://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/43725404 Looks like there are just over a million people interested enough to look at the Duolingo app (which makes one very good at remembering words but does not really teach you how to speak the language and so retention is, I’m sure, low).
Imagine how many of these people would have the motivation to try SSiW.
How to reach them, of course, is the question. However there are already a few complementary comments in their forum about SSiW.
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I’ve seen a couple of mentions in passing that the exercises in Duo Lingo are populated by volunteers. I was quite surprised by this but if so seems in a way to present an opportunity. Does anyone know if this is true…and who contributes to the Welsh version?
Rich
( …with apologies if it is covered in the linked article which is a little in advance of my translation skills at the moment. )
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Yes it is and they put a lot into it, because if I put in a comment they are very quick to respond! It must take a lot of work and dedication!
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Wow, yes, that looks great - thanks for that - I will take a closer look later when I’m not supposed to be doing something else!
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Yes, I have had the same, very positive experience.
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And indeed one shouldn’t overemphasise them - they’re mostly pronunciation differences, much less vocabulary differences, and hardly any grammar or syntax differences. 
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That actually just made me laugh out loud. Thank God I didn’t have any coffee, or this keyboard would have been a goner.
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Ha, ha!!!
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Agree with Aran, good thing I’ve finished my tea! 
. Perhaps it’s not the best marketing idea for the book…
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Sut mae pawb. I love learning this beautiful language so much, I have been making Youtube videos where I speak and sing in Welsh. Am hoping it will help more people start to learn. I have found a lot of people intrigued, am hoping I pique their curiousity enough to follow me there and start to learn Cymraeg. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV2vhkmgoqA