1. Alphabet & Vowels - Welsh Pronunciation (Series 1)

Learn to pronounce Welsh clearly and understandably whether you're in north or south Wales.

Alphabet & Vowels (Series 1 | Video 1)
Part of the Welsh Pronunciation Series.

[SiroccoDream]

What a fantastic resource! I speak American English as my native language, but have loved the sound of spoken Welsh since I first heard it in the 90s. This is the first pronunciation guide that I've found that breaks down this beautiful language into bits even my old ears can grasp. I especially love the fact you have Northern and Southern Wales native speakers to show us all the regional differences.

I confess I'll probably stick with the Southern accent, because, hey, one less vowel sound to learn! 😉

Well done, and thank you!

[sledgehog]

Fun fact, ô is pronounced exactly like that in Portuguese as well and Northern Welsh "u" is pronounced like our atonal "e"(or Turkish "ı"). Very interesting!

[ThatGaijinFella]

I grew up for a while in Bethesda, and my mother now lives in Plas Madoc. I've decided to restart learning Welsh and this is a great starting point and very clear to follow! 🤗

[qiro]

This is amazing! Thanks for making this guys!

[ceoschwa]

Wow. I like someone from Wales. This is nice.

[petermorris]

Thank you very much for taking the time to make these excellent videos!

[javirezio]

I love his spoken English, it sounds way perfect to me, that I'm a Spanish speaker... I think, although he's Welsh his English is nicer than the standard one.

[anitahaslam]

One thing that would make this even more helpful would be to have IPA transcriptions.

[jeremieherard]

Excellent video ! This is really interresting and smart of you to show us both northern and southern accents !!(i am unable to prunounce "tri" "dro" the southern way^^).

[jamesharland]

Thanks for this - very clear and useful. Obvious question: apart from the to bach, how can you find out if a vowel is long or short?

[bacodenaus]

From Scotland and a friend from Gwynedd suggested to let me learn this

[cat_]

Hi everybody from my school doing their homework!

[milliman]

I want to learn gaulish because I am from Austria, straight from the centre of the hallstadt culture. Welsh is the closest living language to gaulish. I would apprechiate any information I could get on either language.

[cristinam]

It's so clearly explained and useful! *_* Thank you :)

[blackphoenix_]

Haha xD Thats kind of the same pronounciation we use in Germany 😊 And the north-welsh "u" sounds exactly like "u" in japanese ^^

[nocilantro_gack]

OMG I'm a Yank that lived in South Wales... I could NEVER pronounce the towns I was at..specially the "double LL" ones...I was surprised to hear so many people still speak it..especially in the south...

[martinkullberg]

I went to wales, I did like to read all the exotic words on all the signs like : dim parcio dros nos. I like the welsh word arraf and betws y coed 😁
Also you should look at the language brithenig, it is based on welsh orthographie, info is on the site ill bethisad.

[sakalava]

I can't tell the difference between the short a and the long a. How would "atal' be pronounced with long a's? "Ahtahl?" Sounds like it would be exactly the same.

[jelenica]

This is great! Thank you for making these lessons.
I've just had my first lesson in Welsh on Duolingo. We are informed that the course uses IVONA text-to-speech (Gwyneth). Can you tell me if her accent is from the south or from the north?
I was also wondering about "to bach" - is it only used to avoid confusion between homonyms?
Thanks again.
Greetings from Serbia.

[zachhaywood]

I'm an American who is fiercely proud of my Welsh ancestry, and want to learn for when I go there.