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OpenCage ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŒ

10/ Perhaps less expected though is the Welsh speaking community in Argentinean Patagonia, a legacy of Welsh emigration 150 years ago.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Wladfa

as covered in our thread about Argentina ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
en.osm.town/@opencage/11059918

Today "Patagonian Welsh" is one of five main dialects of the language.

#geoweirdness
27 August at 12:43 | Open on en.osm.town
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OpenCage ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŒ

11/ Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ has an active geospatial and OpenStreetMap community. As a response to the ambitious 2050 language target, Welsh developers developed Mapio Cymru, a Welsh-language version of OSM.

openstreetmap.cymru

@Dailingual presented the project at Geomob London in January.

mapstodon.space/@geomob/111817

Here's an interview from a few years back on our blog:
blog.opencagedata.com/post/ope

#OpenStreetMap #geomobLON #geoweirdness

11/ Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ has an active geospatial and OpenStreetMap community. As a response to the ambitious 2050 language target, Welsh developers developed Mapio Cymru, a Welsh-language version of OSM.

openstreetmap.cymru

@Dailingual presented the project at Geomob London in January.

mapstodon.space/@geomob/111817
27 August at 12:49 | Open on en.osm.town
OpenCage ๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŒ replied to OpenCage

12/ Diolch am ddarllen! / Thanks for reading!

We hope you enjoyed this look at geoweirdness of Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ.

Language and geography are intrinsically linked, and it is fascinating to see how they can shape a countryโ€™s identity.

We have many more threads about specific countries and regions, border disputes, geocoding, etc over on our blog:
blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

If you likes Wales, you may enjoy

๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland: en.osm.town/@opencage/11213292

and

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland: en.osm.town/@opencage/11142578

Until next time!

12/ Diolch am ddarllen! / Thanks for reading!

We hope you enjoyed this look at geoweirdness of Wales ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ.

Language and geography are intrinsically linked, and it is fascinating to see how they can shape a countryโ€™s identity.

We have many more threads about specific countries and regions, border disputes, geocoding, etc over on our blog:
blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea
27 August at 12:53 | Open on en.osm.town
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