English: Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I've already said that the census headline figures were disappointing and not what we'd hoped to see. Having said that, it's important to acknowledge that there's more to the story than just the headlines, and there is more to language policy than just the census. First of all, let's remind ourselves of the results. On census day, 21 March 2021, around 538,000 usual residents in Wales aged three years or older were reported as being able to speak Welsh. That's just under 18 per cent of the population. But that's almost 24,000 fewer people than in the 2011 census. In terms of children aged three to 15 years old, there was a reduction of around 6 percentage point in the proportion reported as being able to speak Welsh. But during the same period, there was growth of over 11,000 in the numbers in Welsh-medium education since the 2011 census. There were small increases in the percentage of young adults able to speak Welsh - that is, those aged 16 to 44 years old - from 17.2 per cent in 2011 to 17.9 per cent in 2021, and there are more data on the way. These will include different geographical levels, data about ethnicity, and an idea of how many Welsh-speaking children there are in households where there are Welsh-speaking adults - intergenerational transmission of Welsh, to use the technical term. We're hoping that these new data will be released in the coming months, and I get to see them at the exact same time as everybody else does - not a minute before, exactly as was the case in December. We've had an initial opportunity, therefore, to consider these results. The thing that's blindingly obvious is that we need to look in great detail at the three to 15-year-old group. Without doubt, we'll need more analyses, and we'll work on these throughout the year. It's worth noting, as we look at different results of different surveys about Welsh, that we see that they tell us different things, and we need to know why that is. The most recent annual population survey states that almost 900,000 people can speak Welsh, compared with the 538,000 reported in the 2021 census. Our national survey for Wales shows a substantial increase in the percentage of people aged 16 or older who have some Welsh-speaking ability. Why? The census question is quite stark and binary, and I know a lot of people - as I'm sure you do, too - who tell me, in Welsh, that they are not confident enough to tick the Welsh language box in the census. New speakers are all-important for the future of our language. I'd like to see acknowledgment that passive speakers are an important part of the solutions for the future, which means more bilingual conversations and culture change. We're building on decades of having to choose between Welsh and English, whereas the reality for most of us is that we live bilingual lives. The First Minister has written to the national statistician to ask him to examine how and why different surveys about the same topic can produce diverse results. I'm looking forward to co-operating to understand more about this. There's a gap between different surveys; that, in truth, is not unusual. What is unusual is for one to have gone up, whilst another has gone down. And when we get the answer and when we get the remainder of the census data, we'll update our statistical trajectory for 'Cymraeg 2050', exactly as we pledged back in 2017.
Welsh: Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Dwi wedi dweud yn barod bod penawdau'r cyfrifiad yn siomedig, ac nad dyna roedden ni'n gobeithio ei weld. Wedi dweud hynny, mae'n bwysig nodi bod mwy i'r stori na jest y pennawd, ac mae yna fwy i bolisi iaith na jest y cyfrifiad. Gyntaf i gyd, gadewch i ni atgoffa'n hunain o'r canlyniadau. Ar ddiwrnod y cyfrifiad, 21 Mawrth 2021, roedd tua 538,000 o breswylwyr arferol Cymru tair oed ac yn hŷn wedi nodi eu bod nhw'n gallu siarad Cymraeg. Mae hynny jest o dan 18 y cant o'r boblogaeth. Ond mae hwnna bron i 24,000 yn llai o bobl nag yng nghyfrifiad 2011. O ran plant tair i 15 oed, roedd yna leihad o tua 6 phwynt canran yn y gyfran a gafodd ei nodi eu bod nhw'n medru'r Gymraeg. Ond yn yr un cyfnod, roedd twf o dros 11,000 wedi bod ers cyfrifiad 2011 yn y niferoedd mewn addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg. Mi oedd yna gynnydd bach yn yr oedolion iau sy'n medru'r Gymraeg - hynny yw y grŵp oedran 16 i 44 - o 17.2 y cant yn 2011 i 17.9 y cant yn 2021, ac mae yna fwy o ddata ar y ffordd. Bydd hwn yn cynnwys gwahanol lefelau daearyddol, data am ethnigrwydd, a syniad o faint o blant sy'n gallu siarad Cymraeg mewn cartrefi lle mae yna oedolion sy'n gallu siarad Cymraeg hefyd - trosglwyddo'r Gymraeg rhwng y cenedlaethau, i ddefnyddio'r term technegol. Rŷn ni'n gobeithio y bydd y data newydd yma yn cael ei ryddhau o fewn y misoedd nesaf, a dwi'n cael ei weld e ar yr un pryd â phawb arall - dwi ddim yn ei gael e unrhyw funud ynghynt, yn union fel roedd hi yn nôl ym mis Rhagfyr. Dyma ni wedi cael cyfle cychwynnol, felly, i gnoi cil ar y canlyniadau. Y peth sy'n gyfan gwbl amlwg yw bod angen i ni edrych yn fanwl iawn ar y grŵp oedran tair i 15 oed. Heb os, fe fydd angen dadansoddiadau pellach, a byddwn ni'n gweithio ar hyn drwy gydol y flwyddyn. Mae'n werth nodi, wrth i ni edrych ar wahanol ganlyniadau a gwahanol arolygon ar y Gymraeg, ein bod ni'n gweld eu bod nhw'n dweud pethau gwahanol wrthym ni, ac mae angen i ni wybod pam mae hynny. Mae'r arolwg blynyddol diweddaraf o'r boblogaeth yn dangos bod bron i 900,000 yn gallu siarad Cymraeg, mewn cymhariaeth â'r 538,000 mae cyfrifiad 2021 yn ei nodi. Mae'n harolwg cenedlaethol ni yn dangos cynnydd sylweddol yng nghanran yr oedolion 16 mlwydd oed neu'n hŷn sydd â rhywfaint o allu i siarad Cymraeg. Pam? Mae cwestiwn y cyfrifiad yn eithaf binary a moel, a dwi'n nabod lot o bobl - fel chi, siŵr o fod, hefyd - sy'n dweud wrthyf i, yn Gymraeg, nad ydyn nhw'n ddigon hyderus i dicio bocs Cymraeg y cyfrifiad. Mae siaradwyr newydd yn hollbwysig i ddyfodol ein hiaith ni. Byddwn i'n hoffi gweld cydnabyddiaeth bod siaradwyr goddefol yn rhan bwysig o'r ateb ar gyfer y dyfodol, sy'n golygu mwy o sgyrsiau dwyieithog a newid diwylliant. Rŷn ni'n adeiladu ar ddegawdau o orfod dewis rhwng Saesneg a Chymraeg lle mai'r realiti i'r rhan fwyaf ohonom ni ydy bywydau dwyieithog. Mae'r Prif Weinidog wedi ysgrifennu at yr ystadegydd gwladol yn gofyn iddo fe edrych ar sut a pham mae gwahanol arolygon am yr un testun yn gallu dangos canlyniadau sy'n amrywio. Rwy'n edrych ymlaen at gydweithio er mwyn deall mwy am hyn. Mae bwlch rhwng yr arolygon; dyw hynny, a dweud y gwir, ddim yn anarferol. Yr hyn sydd yn anarferol yw i'r naill un fynd am i fyny, a'r llall fynd am i lawr. Pan gawn ni'r ateb, a phan gawn ni weddill data'r cyfrifiad, fe wnawn ni ddiweddaru taflwybr ystadegol - y trajectory - ar gyfer 'Cymraeg 2050', yn union fel y gwnaethon ni addo nôl yn 2017.