Croeso i Fronlas
As soon as you cross the border into Wales, you can't fail to notice the resurgence in the Welsh language (Cymraeg), Europe's oldest living language. It remains the natural language of the majority of Llandeilo and Tywi valley residents, so there are plenty of opportunities to see and hear the language, including at Fronlas – Owain is a first language Welsh-speaker, Eva has learnt the language, and their son Twm loves nothing better than watching 'Sam Tân' on S4C's children TV service 'Cyw'!
Since the 1960s, with the establishment of pressure group Cymdeithas yr Iaith (the Welsh Language Society), there has been a sustained effort to promote the use of the language. The development of Welsh-medium education, from nursery through to university, a confident and thriving TV, music and publishing industry and two Welsh language acts formalising its status in official life have all helped increase its use. The future for the language now seems far more secure and the decline of the language seen in the 20th centruy has, against all the odds, been reversed.
There are now around 600,000 speakers throughout Wales mainly concentrated in the western counties of Wales, including Carmarthenshire, and in Cardiff where thas been a huge expansion in recent years.