Translate the text from English to Welsh.



 
Run by the National Centre for Learning Welsh on behalf of the Welsh Government, the programme provides opportunities to learners over the age of 16 to develop their Welsh language skills. Training is delivered by a network of providers contracted to the centre. 


This is the first time data collected from all learners as they registered to participate in the Learn Welsh programme has been published. It will help inform the Welsh Government about its progress towards its ambitious target of a million Welsh speakers by 2050\. The Learn Welsh programme has a key role to play in supporting everyone, whatever their command of the language, to develop Welsh language skills, as well as providing opportunities for new speakers to use their Welsh language skills.  


The minister said:



> It’s great news that more than 12,000 people took part in the Learn Welsh programme during 2017\-18\. I’d like to congratulate everyone single one of those individuals, either for making a start on becoming a Welsh speaker or continuing to develop their Welsh language skills.
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> The language is an important part of our identity as a nation and is something that binds us all together. Just using a few words a day can help us to develop our skills further and by using the language more, we are protecting and developing it for the future. Together, we can achieve our shared target of a million Welsh speakers by 2050\.


Efa Gruffudd Jones, Chief Executive of the National Centre for Learning Welsh said:



> The centre is pleased to publish this national information for the first time; this is an important milestone as we plan future Learn Welsh provision. We thank the 12,680 adults across Wales who embraced learning Welsh in community classes offered by the Centre and its course providers during 2017\-2018 and also their committed tutors.







Translation:


 
Mae'r rhaglen yn cael ei rhedeg gan y Ganolfan Dysgu Cymraeg Genedlaethol ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru, ac yn cynnig cyfleoedd i ddysgwyr dros 16 oed ddatblygu eu sgiliau Cymraeg. Darperir yr hyfforddiant gan rwydwaith o ddarparwyr dan gontract i'r Ganolfan.


Dyma'r tro cyntaf i ddata a gasglwyd gan yr holl ddysgwyr wrth iddynt gofrestru i gymryd rhan yn y rhaglen Dysgu Cymraeg gael eu cyhoeddi. Bydd o gymorth i Lywodraeth Cymru wrth fesur y cynnydd tuag at y targed uchelgeisiol o filiwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050\. Mae'r rhaglen Dysgu Cymraeg yn chwarae rhan allweddol i helpu pawb, beth bynnag eu gallu, i ddatblygu eu sgiliau Cymraeg, yn ogystal â darparu cyfleoedd i siaradwyr newydd ddefnyddio eu sgiliau Cymraeg.


Dywedodd y gweinidog:



> Mae'n newyddion ardderchog bod dros 12,000 o bobl wedi cymryd rhan yn y rhaglen Dysgu Cymraeg yn ystod 2017\-18\. Rwy' am longyfarch pob un o'r unigolion hynny, naill ai am ddechrau ar y daith i fod yn siaradwr Cymraeg, neu am barhau i ddatblygu eu sgiliau Cymraeg.
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> Mae'r iaith yn rhan bwysig iawn o'n hunaniaeth fel cenedl, ac yn rhywbeth sy'n ein huno. Gall defnyddio ambell air y dydd ein helpu i ddatblygu ein sgiliau ymhellach, a thrwy ddefnyddio mwy ar yr iaith, rydyn ni'n ei hamddiffyn a'i datblygu at y dyfodol. Gyda'n gilydd, gallwn gyrraedd ein targed o filiwn o siaradwyr Cymraeg erbyn 2050\.


Dywedodd Efa Gruffudd Jones, Prif Weithredwr y Ganolfan Dysgu Cymraeg Genedlaethol:



> Mae'r Ganolfan yn falch o gyhoeddi'r wybodaeth genedlaethol hon am y tro cyntaf; dyma garreg filltir bwysig wrth i ni gynllunio darpariaeth Dysgu Cymraeg ar gyfer y dyfodol. Rydyn ni am ddiolch i'r 12,680 o oedolion ledled Cymru aeth ati i ddysgu Cymraeg mewn dosbarthiadau cymunedol a gynigiwyd gan y Ganolfan a'i darparwyr cyrsiau yn ystod 2017\-18, ynghyd â'u tiwtoriaid ymroddedig.