Now, don't go judging me straight away just because I love anime and manga. The truth is I do enjoy watching anime but I just find manga a bit boring. And now to the point...

My interest in Japanese culture stems from my great love for Chinese characters (Hanzi/Hanja/Kanji/Han tu). I have a basic (yet almost in-depth) knowledge of it's history and it's several types of Buddhism and different religions (and don't get me wrong, I love Japanese history). I am no atheist (just had to say it, because I find a lot of weeaboos who are atheistic unless if one negates that issue). Also, basically, I study Japanese at university and I watch anime, old Japanese films (yes, even the classics of Kurosawa) and read about samurai.

But, I believe that I disassociate from the weeaboos because:
1. I love the language more than the anime and manga themselves and I do my best to speak it with proper sense.
2. Japanese culture is not the only culture I love entirely. I also have an interest in Chinese, Korean and Celtic cultures too. (NOTE: I am of Celtic blood, as my family are of English and Cornish origin who spoke Welsh and I am also part Scot from another side).
3. I don't play dress ups, like most weeaboos would and really I think the Japanese do it because... they only do it once in a while, IMHO. They wouldn't treat it like it's 'radical' or 'SUGOI'.
4. I don't have a library of J-pop, J-rap or any of that tat. It bothers me to why they put English in their lyrics. My most favourite music genres would be anything to do with House music or Jazz, especially French House and Chill House. So again, I don't listen to J-music and I think it's ok but not awesome.
5. All I care about is the Kanji. They are the reason why I love the 3 cultures of the Far East (China, Korea and Japan) and I want to study about it's definitions, origins, and everything about them.

So, to put into summary, I love Japanese culture, for its' history, language, society, martial arts and religions but I also have interests in other cultures too (and mind me, I am of mixed blood). To be honest, it is the writing system and speech that matters to me the most, and that brings me to love the culture. So... how would you classify me?
uh, Hannah Smith? fyi, I am in no way Afro-American! Never judge a book by it's cover.

Wales is a small country of mountains and sea-coasts in the west of Britain.The Cambrian mountains form its backbone.In 2005 the population of Wales was 2,900,000 people.The majority of them live in the southern valleys and in the coastal areas where the main urban centres are situated.Cardiff is the capital city,while other major towns are Swansea and Bangor.
Even if everyone in Wales speaks english, 20 per cent of the inhabitants speak Welsh as their first language.Welsh is one of the six Celtic languages of Europe, together with Scottish Gaelic,Irish,Breton,Cornish and Manx.In Welsh tha name of the region is Cymru whic means "land of brotherhood".
In 1999, after a referendum, a National Assembley for Wales was set up in Cardiff.This body examines and decides all the matters that regard the people of Wales,like the social services, education,transport,the environment,etc..Like the Scots,Welsh people are very pround of their identity,their way of life and their traditions.Singing is almost a way of life for them.At rugby matches,crowds spontaneously start singing the national anthem "Land of My Fathers" particulary if Wales is playing against England!

THANK YOU HI

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the Breton Language is related to Cornish and Welsh so is it a hard language to learn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_language

The Celtic languages are . Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic. Manx. Cornish and Breton.

I speak Welsh it's my first language native language, I have a cupla folca in Irish, i am a beginner at Cornish but i can understand Cornish fluently when spoken due to it's similarity to Welsh
I am fully fluent in German, Welsh, English and Afrikaans, Can get by quite well with Spanish and Dutch also with cornish.

How come you are fluent i 7 languages before your own that makes no sense to me what so ever?

Ble mae dy barch am dy iaith? Where's your respect for your language?
Diolch pudleddu o ble yng Nghymru wyt ti?

type accent? I have listened to various Cockney/Cornish/Welsh/Scottish accents that I can't comprehend at yet the same person sings crystal clear. Is it the accent or the singing that is fake?

I know that alot of Irish people are of Scotish decent because of what Cromwell did and so their languages are similar and they can understand each other. But my father, a Welsh speaker told me that he can only understand very few words of spoken Irish. Those words being simmilar to Welsh but most of the language is completely different from the Irish and the Scottish. My father and brother say we are not Celts but Ancient Britains and that the Cornish spoke the same language as us. We lived in Britain before the Celts arrived.

Celtic nationalism. But Scots, Welsh, Cornish and Irish people are not Celts, this has been proven with genetics and lack of archaeological evidence (no suggestion of a mass invasion of Celts).

These people have rich cultures and rich history. They want to revive their archaic languages because English is seen as the language of people who invaded them in the past.

First of all, Lowland Scots spoke a form of English through their relations with Northern England. Highland Scots spoke Scottish until the 18th century.

Secondly, the Celtic languages are also languages of invaders.

So what is the point? just stick with English, which should really be called British because the modern English language evolved through out the British isles.
No their languages died out, now they are trying to revive them.

Is that tradition? don't think so.
The Gaelic languages of the British isles are slightly different to eachother, that is why I say Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Cornish.

NO they are not descendant from Celts. As I said in the question genetic studies and archaeological evidence shows they are not celts... NOT CELTS

I've always wanted to learn one of the old English or Celtic languages since i knew that they were gradually dieing out and as i have always visited relatives in Wales and heard them speak Welsh i was thinking of learning Welsh but i found out about 3 years ago that my surname is Irish and found out how it's spelled in Irish etc. and i found it very fascinating. Now that i know i have Irish heritage and that at some point my ancestors spoke the Irish language i would like to go back to my roots, so to speak, and learn Irish. I also would like to learn it cause there we'll be one more person in the world who knows one of the old Celtic languages that are at threat from not being spoken any more.

I know that surrounding yourself in the language is the best way BUT for one i'm 20 years old and don't have a secure job so i can't afford to go to Ireland for that length of time and second as not many people speak it i'll prob be speaking English more than Irish; oh and i live in the South-East of England, near London. I see Rosetta Stone advertised on TV and they do Irish but it costs like £100-300 which i guess would be worth it if i knew those things actually work, i can't really go by what they say, of course. I was wondering if anyone who has learnt Welsh, Irish, Cornish etc. etc. has found a method that works, i don't know what i'm expecting everyone else to come up with lol i'm just hoping someone might mention something that i have not thought of.
Thank Cody you were a lot fo help, and you got the same name as my dog hehe.

Hi Eire
I'm not sure what you mean by which dialect i'd prefer, i thought Irish was Irish, that there's only one Irish dialect lol shows how much i know.
er.. have not a clue, but if i have to choose one, maybe whatever dialect they speak in Northern Ireland. I found out my Surname is from these counties: Roscommon, Fermanagh and Offaly (i doubt the site i found that from is correct)
what dialect do they speak in the area those counties are in?
Hi cantilen
I sing along to Celtic Woman a lot but not many of their songs are in Irish. Can you suggest any tradtional Iirsh singers?

(just letting you know Eire i'm still waiting for your reply ^^)
Oh wow thanks so much Eire, you've have told me everything that i've been confused about for years. Nice to find someone who's so helpful. I'll look into those books more and see how much they will be in pounds (£) and where else i can buy them from, like a shop or something.

I still would like more replies to my question, incase someone else has more info they would like to share with me
Oh okay so i might find them in my town's library then, it's a bran new library too so it should be all up-to-date and have a varity of books, i hope i'll be able to find them. Thanks again!!

Irish, Scottish, Manx, Welsh, Cornish etc. from most populated to least?

thanks-kyle

Is English Killing of Welsh, Gaelic, Cornish and Manx? Because only 20% of Wales now speaks Welsh and assuming its one of the oldest NON-CHANGED lanuages in the World, Is Welsh Becoming Extinct?

So do a lot of Scots, and Irish, for historical reasons, but none seem to hate us nearly as much as the North Welsh, they can be very hostile towards us, and I go there, sometimes, and to keep out of trouble, I learnt Welsh, and speak it whenever I go there, so then they may think I'm Welsh.

I ain't generallising, well, okay, I am, but the North Welsh seem to be very hostile...
Maybe, I am English, but I'm more Celtic (Irish, Cornish, Scottish, Welsh, etc) than I am English.
Nelly_num, you moron, they share the same Queen as us!
Roman C, I know my history, that's why I acknowleged the historical reasons!!

But the Welsh aren't exactly fluffly little bunnies either, they did plenty of pillaging of England!
Thanks, Fireball. Really helpful.

I've noticed a lot of Welsh, Irish, Northern Irish and Scottish people always deny themselves as part of Britain, a lot of them hate and criticise England, are disgusted by being under the same category as it, and from what I've seen online, almost every Irish, Scottish and Welsh person brag about their culture, have usernames related to it and go on and on about themselves and their country.

Do you see me or any English people coming online, slagging off the Welsh, Irish or Scottish, writing stuff in Cornish, going on about English history and pride in our culture and giving ourselves usernames to do with England? NO, YOU DON'T.

It's OK to love your culture and take pride in your country, I do take pride in England and I also have admiration for the Scottish, Welsh and Irish and I do truly feel that we are all British united (Ireland needs to join Britain, they're just making excuses to not be involved with the English because its a self-obsessed nation). We're all part of the same thing and I don't know why non-English Brits or Irish hold things against us for events that happened centuries ago, or deny themselves to be connected to us and part of Britain and thinking of Britain as "England" simply. I find it unfair.

Now I imagine I'll be getting Scots, Welshmen and Irishmen on here having a go at me, going on about how great their culture is and how England is an atrocity.

I came across Elin Fflur who sings all her songs in Welsh, i've never heard of her til just a few minutes ago. I would like to know of any other artists that are like her, sing in Welsh, Irish, Scottish, even Cornish and HAVE to be modern, not singers where around before i was born lol well.. i am 21, i just want very recent artists =). I know of course of loads Irish, Welsh, Scottish singers but, except for maybe Duffy, they only sing in English.

The Celtic Languages are:

Welsh
Breton
Manx
Irish
Scottish
Cornish
Scottish is only spoken by 60,000 people though.
I just looked it up, Irish has 400,000 speakers. With 1,000,000 with limited Knowledge. Welsh has 750,000 speakers and 1,500,000 knowledgeable people.

You are wright there K wilson my first language is Welsh but it isn't odd it's the language of our home our community and our country we know no different. And Welsh is not welsh gaelic it's Brythonic. Gaelic is another group Goidelic . Goidelic consists of Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manz whereas Brythonic consists of Welsh, Breton and Cornish .

Diolch yn fawr a Cymraeg yw fy iaith gyntaf i! A mae well gen i siarad Cymraeg achos Cymraeg yw iaith fy nghalon

Celtic languages are

Welsh,Irish,Scottish Gaelic,Manx,Cornish and Breton!

My favorite is welsh because it's my mother tongue my first language and i love it's poetical rhythm! Also i think it's just a beautiful language.

I know all 3 languages are within 20 to 25% of each other of being the same language, but can speakers of one language understand the other 2? I've been told that this is true of Cornish and Breton, but what about welsh?

I am a welsh speaker and it's my first and primary language and welsh is making a revolutionary come back even in the English speaking ares within wales. What about all the other Celtic languages what is the future of these. Which one is in the strongest position today?. And also why can't we post in welsh and Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Cornish on here as it is Yahoo Uk and Ireland?. Dwi ddim yn hapus gyda hyn pam na allaf gofyn cwestiwn yn fy mamiaith sydd yn iaith frodorol yn Nghymru ?
Pwy sydd am ymuno mewn ymgyrch i gael Yahoo Cymraeg ??

Dewch nawr a gwasgarwch y gair o gwmpas i dangos eich cefnogaeth i'n Iaith ,