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What kind of white people are Welsh in Britain?

Welsh (Welsh)

One of the British minorities in Western Europe. There are 700,000 people (1.978), accounting for 1.3% of the British population, living in the Welsh Peninsula. It belongs to the Europa, Atlantic and Baltic types. Welsh belongs to the Cartesian family of Indo-European languages. Only the agricultural residents in the northern mountainous areas speak Welsh, and most of them have spoken English. Believe in Protestantism. Wales is made up of Kinley and Briton who have lived there since A.D., and they are both Cart tribes from the European continent. Christianity was accepted during Roman rule. After the arrival of Germanic tribes such as Angles and Saxons in the 5th-6th century A.D., they were pushed to the front line from Weihe River to underground river, and gradually United with Anglo-Saxons in the struggle, and once established a unified country from the middle of 10 century to10 century. Conquered by Anglo-Saxons from13rd century. The conquerors practiced Anglicization in Wales, and the Welsh people worked hard to maintain their own language and culture. /kloc-During Queen Elizabeth's reign in the 6th century, they obtained the right to translate the Bible into Welsh, which played an important role in preserving and developing Welsh. However, with the development of capitalism and the formation of the same economic market between Wales and England, the Anglicization trend of Welsh people is still strengthening. Since the British Industrial Revolution, South Wales has become more British because it is an important coal mine and metallurgical center. Northern residents are mostly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry; Most residents in the south work in mines and factories.