Welsh is not written in the English alphabet, (although it might look like it). The Welsh alphabet is different. It is phonetic, and contains 7 vowels.
@NathanielW72701@D1PH3NHYDRAM1N3@Majkawscianie So it’s a semivowel in English.
If only English was simple and phonetic like Welsh you wouldn’t be having these arguments. W is a vowel in Welsh and always had been. It’s a Double U.
The English should have stuck with Ƿ ƿ for the ‘wuh’ sound.
@NathanielW72701@D1PH3NHYDRAM1N3@Majkawscianie This conversation is fun.
In English W is an outlier because the tract remains open throughout the letter, like a vowel (although the restriction of air is more than with a standard vowel.)
However, it generally does function as the start or end of a syllable, like a consonant.
@howlinghowler_ Welsh has more vowels than English.
W is a vowel in Welsh. It’s a Double U.
If ‘Cwrw’ was written in the English alphabet it would look like ‘Cuuruu.’
@JoanHenry7@JohnCleese There are more vowels in Welsh than in English.
It’s full of vowels.
But it’s written in a different alphabet from English.
Here’s what it sounds like. See if you can hear any vowels
https://t.co/Dp1lsY1IVq
@Zmei_Hhsss@canreadgood The Welsh language is in fact straightforward, logical and pretty normal as languages go. It’s written in a different alphabet from English though. That’s why it can look a bit crazy if you don’t realise that.
@ralphyellis A touch wide of the mark Ralph. Whilst Cymraeg does indeed contain around 20% Latin derived vocabulary, the grammar and language structures are markedly different and demonstrate the P Celtic origins of the language.
It is certainly not a dialect of Latin or Greek.
@GB4108@ProudofusUK Actually the opposite, RJ. Funny how people always ignorantly listen to English myths that try and ridicule Wales and the Welsh language. Our vowels are a e i o u w y, seven in total.
@bratpetals@BuddyWasBud Welsh has no K, and no double vowels, let alone triple.
So we’ll do our best pronouncing your great name, but we’ll be on the back foot!
@TomPMarshall@shelovesore But Twyndyllyngs is not a Welsh word.
It is however an example of English previously using y as it was originally intended - as a vowel. It’s the Greek I