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Hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Neil.
And I'm Sam.
Last weekend, I was driving from London to Anglesey in Wales,
when I saw a road sign written in two languages.
It said, welcome to Wales in English,
and below that, it said,
croissor gumri in Welsh.
Yes, Welsh is spoken by many people in North Wales.
It's the indigenous language, the language spoken by the people who originally lived in a place,
rather than by others who moved there from somewhere else.
Welsh is a good example of an indigenous language that has survived.
Some children speak Welsh in school,
and the local government has encouraged its spread,
but not all indigenous languages have been so lucky,
as we'll be finding out in this programme.
Of course, languages are more than just words.
They carry people's history, culture, and identity.