Welsh Surnames & the Welsh Language

Is Jones a Welsh surname? Is there a 'J' in the Welsh alphabet? A nuanced take on Welsh surnames and the Welsh language rooted in actual historical sources which you can look at below! WEBSITE: https://genealcymru.wordpress.com/ JOIN THE EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://genealcymru.substack.com/ SUPPORT ON PATREON:   / genealcymru   #Genealogy #Wales This video was created by Dai Davies of GenealCymru without the use of generative AI. Check out my sources: Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru/The Welsh Dictionary https://www.welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/ Coupland, N., et al. 2006. Imagining Wales and the Welsh language. Parry, G., & Williams, M. A. 1999. The Welsh Language and the 1891 Census. Rowlands, John, & Shiela Rowlands. 1996. The Surnames of Wales. Ball, Martin John. 1988. The Use of Welsh, on Google Books. Cushman, Stephen, et al. 2012. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Welsh Poetry, on Google Books. Jones, Mari C. 1998. Language Obsolescence and Revitalization, on Google Books. Pryce, Huw. 2022. Writing Welsh History, on Google Books. Pryse, Robert John. 1859. Orgraph yr iaith Gymraeg, on Google Books. Thomas, Peter Wynn. 1996. Gramadeg y Gymraeg, on the Internet Archive. Morris-Jones, J. 1913. A Welsh Grammar. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:... Images: A special thanks to the following institutions for their dedication to digitizing historical records. The Public Domain images used in this video are over 100 years old or 70 years has passed since the passing of their creator: ArtUK National Library of Wales National Library of Wales on Flickr Internet Archive New York Public Library Yale Center for British Art Wellcome Collection Digital Commonwealth Boston Public Library Smithsonian American Art Museum Artvee Library of Congress Other Image Rights William Salesbury 2017 cc-by-sa 4.0 Llywelyn2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...