National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh

A major new project to record the Welsh language and explore the ways in which it is used today is underway. Corpws Cenedlaethol Cymraeg Cyfoes - The National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh (CorCenCC) project, aims to develop the first ever large-scale collection of Welsh words representing the full range of language used by people in everyday life. It was officially launched on 28th February 2017 at the Pierhead Building in Cardiff. Breaking new ground. The launch event attended by Alun Davies AM, Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language, gave guests the chance to find out more about the project, which is a collaboration between Cardiff, Swansea, Lancaster and Bangor universities, and is breaking new ground in creating a large-scale, open access corpus of contemporary Welsh language. Backed by high-profile ambassadors - poet Damian Walford-Davies, musician and presenter Cerys Matthews, broadcaster Nia Parry and international rugby referee Nigel Owens - CorCenCC is community-driven and uses mobile and digital technologies to enable public collaboration. A demonstration of a new data collection app which enables Welsh speakers from all walks of life to contribute to the project, was on show at the event.