--- In Nostratica@yahoogroups.com,
"Gerry <waluk@...>" <waluk@...>
wrote:

> Strange that in some places

different languages are understood
by

> everyone while in other areas

different dialects can be

> unintelligable. Methinks this

language tree of ours needs a great

> pruning. Mebets that all world

dialects have word stems that they

> all share.

You won' collect. Suggest such a
root!

> >
> > > Yep. One needs to be a

member of the family to understand
the

> > > nuances. But I'll bet that

there are a few Welsh speakers
living

> > in
> > > London.
> >
> > I'm not sure there's much of a

Welsh-speaking Welsh community in

> > London, but I await correction.

I don't think the cable TV

> companies
> > offer the Welsh-language TV

channel, S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru)
-

> >

http://www.s4c.co.uk/abouts4c/corpo
rate/c_index.shtml . I wonder

> > what language the rugby club

called 'London Welsh' uses.

>
> Cockney for the rugby club? But

you continue raising the bar --

> first it was no Welsh spoken and

now you are speaking of a Welsh

> community and their own

television cable company.
S4C is broadcast terrestially in
Wales, not England. It is
available by cable in Wales, but
not in England.
Richard.

> > There has traditionally been a

strong Welsh contingent at Jesus

> > College, Oxford. However,

since Monmouthshire (now called
Gwent)

> was
> > ceded to Wales (in the late

20th Century), I don't believe
there

> have
> > been any significant,

permanently settled communities of
Welsh

> > speakers in England.
>
> And the bar continues being

raised. Now you speak of Welsh at
Jesus

> College, Oxford.
>
> > As to what languages are spoken

in England, take a look at the data

> > at

http://www.rosettaproject.org .
Some of the Indian languages

> are
> > locally significant.
>
> :-)
>
> Gerry