English: There is so much for the children of Wales to take pride in, so much to weep for, so much to regret. But, these are all their stories, and in order to learn from our own histories as a nation, then the children of Wales have to understand those histories. After all, the word 'Cymru' means a mixture, people coming together. Diverse stories of multiple colours - that's what we all are. And if we, as legislators, want to learn another lesson from our nation's history, it's the importance and fragility of the fate of our language - that's what that lesson should be. I started this brief speech with the words of G.K. Chesterton, who said that the soul of a nation is its education. Well, if education is our soul, our heart is our language. As the old saying goes, 'Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon' - a nation without language is a nation without heart. That is our heritage. If we want to see growth in the Welsh language rather than seeing a slip back, we need to safeguard the status of the language in our curriculum. Placing English-medium education as the predestined option for children up to the age of seven is a damaging step that is contrary to the Government's policy of promoting the language. If individual governing bodies will have the ability to take decisions on the curriculum, this could lead to some pupils being deprived of the opportunity to learn the language. National education requires national leadership. If the Welsh language is lost, then each and every one of us will lose out, not only those who speak Welsh, and it will not return. So, I urge the Government: be watchful; support our motion; support the children of Wales; and support our language.
Welsh: Mae cymaint i blant Cymru ymfalchïo ynddo, cymaint i lefain drosto, cymaint i deimlo edifeirwch amdano. Ond, eu straeon nhw ydy'r rhain i gyd, ac er mwyn dysgu o'n hanesion ni fel cenedl mae'n rhaid i blant Cymru ddeall haenau yr hanesion hynny. Wedi'r cwbl, mae'r gair 'Cymru' yn golygu plethiant, cymysgedd, pobl yn byw gyda'i gilydd. Palimpsest o straeon amryw, amryliw ydyn ni oll. Ac os ydyn ni, fel deddfwriaethwyr, am ddysgu gwers arall o hanes ein gwlad, pwysigrwydd a bregusrwydd tynged yr iaith ydy'r wers honno. Gwnes i ddechrau'r araith fer hon gyda geiriau G.K. Chesterton oedd yn dweud mai enaid cenedl yw ei addysg. Wel, os taw addysg yw ein henaid, ein calon ydy ein hiaith. Fel mae'r hen ddihareb yn dweud, 'cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon'. Dyna'n hetifeddiaeth. Os ydyn ni am weld twf yn y Gymraeg ac nid llithro nôl, mae angen inni ddiogelu statws yr iaith yn ein cwricwlwm. Mae gosod addysg cyfrwng Saesneg fel yr opsiwn rhagosodedig i blant hyd at 7 mlwydd oed yn gam niweidiol sy'n groes i bolisi'r Llywodraeth o hybu'r iaith. Ac os bydd gan fyrddau llywodraethwyr unigol y pŵer i wneud penderfyniadau ar y cwricwlwm, gall hyn arwain at amddifadu rhai disgyblion rhag cael y cyfle i ddysgu'r iaith. Mae angen arweiniad cenedlaethol ar addysg genedlaethol. Os bydd yr iaith yn cael ei cholli, bydd colled i bob un ohonom ni, nage dim ond y rhai sy'n siarad Cymraeg, ac ni ddaw hi nôl. Felly, rwyf yn erfyn ar y Llywodraeth: byddwch yn wyliadwrus; cefnogwch ein cynnig; cefnogwch blant Cymru; a chefnogwch ein hiaith.