Second homes and Brexit pushing Welsh language to ‘tipping point’

Chair of commission looking at future of Welsh language fears anglicisation could put it out of community use

The anglicisation" of Welsh speaking villages and towns caused by newcomers snapping up homes after Covid, together with the economic stress of Brexit and the cost of living crisis, is pushing the Welsh language to a tipping point", the head of a new commission established to address the situation has warned.

Simon Brooks, chair of the Commission for Welsh-speaking Communities, said that unless action were taken there was a danger that Welsh as a community language could soon be lost in some of its traditional heartlands.