Welsh speakers leaving rural Wales for towns and cities, census finds - Wales News - News - WalesOnline
Self-interest drives everything we humans do.
"What's in it for me".
If they gain something from it they take an interest, be it in order to secure a job or some other form of recognition or benefit.
No benefit = no interest.
The more the people are pushed the more they resist, the more you punish the worse the resistance becomes, in a democracy of course!
Unfortunately in this case it is a top down approach as is the case with most political or governmental initiatives, is it time for a bottom up approach?
There are thousands of languages facing extinction across the globe, I certainly don't believe Welsh is one of them because enough people want to use it. I have no idea where they get these latest figures from because I haven't seen a decline in the Welsh areas where I work, perhaps it is just the way data is collected and interpreted.
I saw the comment from Mr Farrar at Cymdeithas about large housing developments, as PSR said above the decline seems acute in areas where no development is allowed whereas in areas of Gwynedd where open market housing is coming forward the language appears to be thriving, so what is the answer?
