Welsh speakers worried about housing plans
Developments could be detrimental to language
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Welsh-language activist, Mr Ben Gregory, from the Welsh Language Society ( Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg), told BBC Wales’ Sunday Politics programme yesterday that plans to build social housing in Gwynedd and Anglesey could be detrimental to the well-being of the Welsh language in the area.
Mr Gregory said that people who would buy houses in Gwynedd would come from outside the area, would not speak Welsh and would probably not learn the language. “We’ve seen over the past 10 years with results of the last census that the number of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd has gone down markedly. With more and more housing being built for people who move in from outside of the area that’s only going to have a bigger impact and put more pressure on the Welsh language,” he told the BBC.