Keltalingva Radio

...de la National Examiner:

The 20th century witnessed an epidemic decrease in the number of people who spoke Celtic languages as their mother tongue. Particularly in the case of Ireland and the United Kingdom, centuries of attempts to linguistically homogenize the people of the British Isles under one speech (English) broke the link between older and younger generations of passing down languages like Gaelic or Welsh.

This, combined with the recent global saturation of English-language media, has threatened the extinction of these ancient tongues. Scholars and census-takers have warned of the grim prospect that conversational Celtic languages will never be heard again outside the academic world.

But recent years have seen resurgence in the use of Celtic languages. The desire for stronger cultural identity amongst the peoples of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and Cornwall (as well as their continental Celtic cousins, Brittany and Galicia) has lead to radio, television, news and music being increasingly conducted in native regional tongues. These have by no means superseded English, but are a strong step towards reversing the decline that Celtic languages have suffered...

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...de The Register:

During a summit in Mexico City last week, ICANN heard pleas to quit stalling from those who would propose gTLDs such as “.bzh”, “.gal”, “.eus” and “.ker” to represent the Breton, Galician, Basque and Cornish peoples, respectively.

These groups want to follow in the footsteps of Catalonia, which secured “.cat” to represent its language and culture in 2005.

The more ICANN drags its feet, the less credible they appear in the eyes of their supporters, it was claimed.

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...de Isle of Man Today:

Interceltique stamps promoting the Manx language and the Isle of Man being the centre of the Celtic world were launched last week.

Isle of Man Post Office celebrated the launch with a presentation to a delegate for the world's largest Celtic festival, Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany, taking place in August.

Scoill Phurt Le Moirrey teacher Aalish Maddrell and her class received a collection of Interceltique products, including a framed first day cover, presentation packs and posters….

… The stamps celebrate the Celtic languages of Kernow, Mannin, Alba, Breizh, Eire, Asturies, Cymru and Galicia.

Isle of Man Post Office will be attending the Interceltique Lorient Festival for the first time this year.