Welsh ‘revolution’ required to hit target of 1m speakers by 2050, says report

Bilingual road marking in Wales. The number of Welsh speakers has not risen in line with population growth, says Efa Gruffudd Jones’s report. Photograph: Realimage/Alamy

A “revolution is required” to protect the Welsh language, according to a major new report.

While the number of Cymraeg speakers has remained more or less stable for decades, it has not risen in line with significant population growth, making the language more vulnerable, according to the Welsh language commissioner’s five-year report, published on Tuesday.