Best way would be a France wank in the 1200s that screws over England. Wales never becomes part of England in this scenario.Then come up with way to make Wales a Soverign nation. Yes, I know this is difficult.
Best way would be a France wank in the 1200s that screws over England. Wales never becomes part of England in this scenario.Then come up with way to make Wales a Soverign nation. Yes, I know this is difficult.
Interestingly a book has been written called 'Why Wales Never Was' by Simon Brooks about why a) the Welsh Language collapsed, and b) a Welsh nationalist movement did not emerge in the 19th century like in Ireland or across Eastern Europe. Essentially, he blames what he calls 'majoritarian liberalism' and argues that its prevalence in Wales during the 19th century prevented the growth of Welsh nationalism at the time. He also argues that 'majoritarian liberalism' prevented a push for greater Welsh Language rights and that if Welsh had been the medium of Education in schools from 1870 onwards and if the Welsh had not been so ready to switch to English in the presence of English incomers, then the latter would have been assimilated during the period 1880-1914 when they migrated to South Wales in the tens of thousands.Then come up with way to make Wales a Soverign nation. Yes, I know this is difficult.
If Germany wins WWI, it could coerce its Eastern European allies and puppet states to adopt German as a second official language.How can we have some more Finland-style bilingual countries in Europe, in which the country has two official languages, one being the language of a small minority that's less than 10% of the population? Try to keep the POD to 1900 but you do have my permission to go back further.
Interestingly a book has been written called 'Why Wales Never Was' by Simon Brooks about why a) the Welsh Language collapsed, and b) a Welsh nationalist movement did not emerge in the 19th century like in Ireland or across Eastern Europe. Essentially, he blames what he calls 'majoritarian liberalism' and argues that its prevalence in Wales during the 19th century prevented the growth of Welsh nationalism at the time. He also argues that 'majoritarian liberalism' prevented a push for greater Welsh Language rights and that if Welsh had been the medium of Education in schools from 1870 onwards and if the Welsh had not been so ready to switch to English in the presence of English incomers, then the latter would have been assimilated during the period 1880-1914 when they migrated to South Wales in the tens of thousands.
What both he and other historians agree is that one only needs a POD in the early 19th century, perhaps even in 1850, to have Wales stay Welsh-Speaking and a POD a few decades later to allow a Welsh-nationalist movement to develop, like the Home Rule Movement in Ireland.
belgium has dutch/french and german (less then 10%) as official languages so i gues it auto qualify's
i believe there about 300 000 germans here out of a pop of 11million and its not like the germans have any wealth or influence in the country in general
they did benefit from the constant conflicts of intrests between dutch and french though
The problem is that with a small (10-20%) minority you will slowly lose those who use the #2 language primarily.
It feels a bit weird quoting myself but anyway, in order for Wales to become an independent country, all you need is a POD in the mid-late 19th century (but preferably before 1870.) In this TL, greater Welsh nationalism means that a) a Home Rule movement develops like in Ireland, b) Compulsory Education in Wales, when it arrives, is through Welsh, not English, like in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, c) Knowledge of English among the Welsh population is much lower than in OTL, and English incomers, when they arrive in South Wales in mass between 1880 and 1914, are forced to learn Welsh and assimilate.
If Germany wins WWI, it could coerce its Eastern European allies and puppet states to adopt German as a second official language.