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Free Resources

Books

Where to buy Welsh books? Where possible books will be linked with sites such as goodreads, as to not favour any specific store. Here is a list of some of the more popular book shops that either specialise in or have a large volume of Welsh-language books.

  • gwales.com - A site that specialised specifically in Welsh-language written media, as well as English books that focus on aspects of Welsh language, culture, history, et c. Physical books, ebooks, magazines, reviews, recommendations. They cover books for all range ranges. This shop is run by "Llyfrau Cymru", the books Council of Wales. When buying with Gwales you can choose an independent bookshop to receive a commission from your purchase. They support international shipping, although duty/handling fees vary.
  • Do you live in Wales? Please use Gwales' shopfinder to find an independent Welsh book shop in your area!
  • ffolio.wales - A site also run by the book Council of Wales, with a similar commission scheme. This site is focussed purely on e-books, but is otherwise the same as Gwales.
  • Y Lolfa - A Welsh language printing/publishing company. Established in the late 60's, Y Lolfa has been printing and publishing books for Welsh language authors where previous companies wouldn't. It's thanks, in part, to them that we have such diverse and creative Welsh written media. Their bookshop includes ebooks, audiobooks, as well as author information pages. They also support international shipping, although duty/handling fees vary.
  • Siop Y Pethe - A company that sells lots of Welsh products, but specialises in selling Welsh language books.
Fiction

Y Hwb Graded Books - A list of dozens of graded books, starting from very simple and working it's way up in difficulty.

Non-fiction

LearnWelsh Textbooks - Government lead course, based on these free textbooks which are used in conjunction with these digital resources. In person and virtual lessons are available here. You will find northern and southern versions of all resources.

Apps

SaySomethingInWelsh - A very successful course which is talked about in greater detail further down this page. This course can be downloaded as an app.

Duolingo - A good introduction to Welsh, and good for learners who prefer more interactive learning. The course content is based on the content of the learnwelsh course, so works very well in conjunction with this course. Duolingo teaches both dialect as it goes along, including lessons specifically dedicated to vocabulary differences. The course also includes very good notes when using the desktop website.

Dictionaries

Geiriadur UWTSD - The online dictionary for the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. A good dictionary that includes some audio files for more popular search terms. Doesn't include definitions, just a straight Welsh-English / English-Welsh translation dictionary.

Duolingo Welsh Dictionary - Not a very extensive dictionary but it includes many example sentences as well as audio for everything included.

GPC - Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru - A dicitonary of the Welsh Language from the University of Wales. It's the only historical dictionary of Welsh, and gives definitions in both Welsh and English. It also gives historical examples, variant spellings/forms, collocations, and etymology.

Termau Cymru - A searchable dictionary of specialised terminology, from the University of Bangor. This includes a list of specific terminology dictionaries.

Media

Videos
  • S4C - S4C is the free-to-air Welsh language TV channel. This channel is their YouTube, where they post small self-contained clips from TV shows.
  • Hansh - Hansh is S4Cs "teen/young adult" area, and this is their YouTube. They focus on funny and interesting videos where younger presenters explore different parts of Wales and Welsh culture/identity/history. The videos have varying degrees of Welsh, with some videos described as being in "Wenglish".
  • Heno - Heno is S4Cs magazine programme.
  • S4C - Dysgu Cymraeg - Dysgu Cymraeg (not to be confused with LearnWelsh) is S4Cs YouTube channel dedicated to learners of Welsh. It contains a wide range of videos on all topics.
  • Golwg 360 - Golwg is a Welsh-language magazine that covers current events. This YouTube channel are accompanying videos which are in Welsh.
  • Coleg Cymraeg - The Welsh language college works with universities around Wales to develop Welsh language medium opportunities. This YouTube is a collection of some of their projects.
  • Archif ITV Cymru - Part of the National Screen & Sound Archive Of Wales' collection, based in the National Library. The archive contains around 200,000 items from 1958 onwards, based on Welsh-oriented programmes and broadcasts.
  • Menter Caerdydd - Cardiff's Welsh language initiative, supporting Welsh in the community.
  • Plaid TV - Plaid Cymru is a Welsh National political party. They upload two videos, one in English and one in Welsh.
  • Dŵr Cymru - "Welsh Water" is a not for profit company that operates the water supplies for Wales. They upload lots of videos in both English and Welsh that detail the work they do, as well as general educational videos on how water treatment works.
  • Llenyddiaeth Cymru - The YouTube channel for Literature Wales. They post a lot of literary Welsh, such as book and poem readings, as well as discussion videos.
  • Pethe Cymru - a YouTube channel that focuses on the Arts in Wales.
  • Cymraeg - The Government's "Cymraeg" initiative.
  • Athro Cymraeg - Videos dedicated to all aspects of learning Welsh, with a wide range of sub-series.
TV

S4C - S4C is a free-to-air television channel. It was created in the early 80's, and was the first channel to be dedicated to producing content in the Welsh language.

BBC Cymru - BBC Cymru is the Welsh language regional division of the BBC. They have an agreement with S4C and the two work together to produce, and share, the media they produce.

Radio

Websites like Radio.Garden and TuneIn.Com let you listen to radio stations from anywhere around the world.

Entirely In Welsh

Bilingual

  • Capital Cymru - Welsh from 6am - 7pm on weekdays and 9am - 4pm on weekends.
  • Môn FM - Regularly broadcasts both English and bilingual programming.

Daily Welsh Programmes

  • GTFM - Welsh medium programmes on Tuesday and Sunday evenings.


Podcasts

Y Pod - Y Pod is a website simply dedicated to listing any and every Welsh language focussed podcast. It includes anything from "Stori Tic Toc", the Radio Cymru children's bed time stories, to "Malu Cachu, Chwalu Stigma", a podcast dedicated to discussing, sharing, and breaking the stigma surrounding mental health.

Websites

Urdd Gobaith Cymru - Urdd is a national organisation dedicated to the promotion of Welsh is people under the age of 25. If you live in Wales and are under 25, find information for your local area here.

Books

Fiction
Non-Fiction

Colloquial Welsh - This book from Gareth King is in of itself a course, but is also a very good resource for those learning Welsh from a more "standard" course who wants to strengthen their colloquial knowledge.

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar - Another book from Gareth King. This is a very, very extensive book on the finer points of grammar within the Welsh language. If you need to know every little rule about grammar when learning a language, this is the book for you.

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