Cymdeithas yr Iaith

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Cymdeithas yr Iaith (the Welsh Language Society) is a membership campaign group working for the Welsh language and the communities of Wales, framing its work as part of a wider struggle for minority rights and freedoms. It campaigns through non-violent direct action (ranging from letter-writing and petitions to protest) for the right of the people of Wales to use Welsh in every aspect of life. Founded in 1962, it organises around four main policy areas: language rights, education, sustainable communities (housing and planning), and media (the devolution of broadcasting powers to Wales). It supports and develops its members to contribute to their communities.

Cymdeithas o bobl sy'n gweithredu'n ddi-drais dros y Gymraeg a chymunedau Cymru fel rhan o'r chwyldro rhyngwladol dros ryddid a chyfiawnder yw Cymdeithas yr Iaith.

Mae Cymdeithas yr Iaith eisiau sicrhau cyfle cyfartal i’r Gymraeg, ac mae’n ymgyrchu trwy ddulliau di-drais dros hawliau i bobl Cymru ddefnyddio’r iaith ym mhob agwedd o'u bywydau, gyda’r nod o weld yr iaith yn rhan gynyddol o fywydau pawb. Mae aelodau yn rhan ganolog o waith y mudiad.

Wedi'i sefydlu yn 1962, mae'n trefnu ei waith o amgylch pedwar prif faes polisi: hawliau iaith, addysg, cymunedau cynaliadwy (tai a chynllunio), a'r cyfryngau (datganoli pwerau darlledu i Gymru).

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Founding year

1962

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