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Also Known As Cymraeg

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Map of England and surrounding regions during the Middle English period, divided by bold black lines into major dialect areas: Northern, West Midland, East Midland, South Western, and South Eastern. Red lines mark language boundaries with Celtic languages-Scots Gaelic, Welsh, and Cornish-along the edges of Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall.
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William Morgan
Welsh bishop
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William Salesbury
Welsh lexicographer
Morris-Jones, oil painting by Christopher Williams, 1924; in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Sir John Morris-Jones
Welsh author, scholar, and educator
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Siôn Dafydd Rhys
Welsh grammarian