I’m partial to Welsh, but then some of my ancestors were Welsh.
Im told that Celtic languages of Wales, Ireland and Scotland are spelled the way they just to confuse and piss off the English.
My father’s family came from Wales. I didn’t know that when, in 1966, I saw a wonderful litytle dog running through the park in Vancouver, B.C. Fell in love, asked owner what breed it was.
A Welsh Corgi. Went home and bought one and we’ver had them in the family since then. Daughter has Kiki and Harper now, adorable little girls.
Wales rocks
My wife and I completed the Duolingo Welsh course about 8 years ago. We try to attend the Malad Valley Welsh Festival each year. This year is was a short visit (yesterday) due to blustery weather. The only spoken Welsh I heard was from performers singing "Yma O Hyd". I couldn't find any Welsh speakers. Lots of Welsh ancestry in the attendees.
I find Welsh very natural. Very phonetic. It's a VSO pattern language (verb-subject-object). Singular/plural and first/second/third person all have a unique verb form. Most verbs a regular. A few like "to be" are irregular as is common with most languages.
I study German daily. Like English, it is an SVO pattern language and adjectives precede nouns. When I practice speaking, I try to achieve a natural flow in a sentence with correct inflection. It's a perpetual work in progress.
In the evening, I'm studying Mandarin Chinese. It's a tonal language with an SVO order like English. It employs particles to form a question (like Japanese) and to indicate a "past tense" without need for laborious changes of verb for each possible "tense". The grammar is easier. The tones are a challenge. In addition to getting the tones correct, there is also a "phrasing" with short clusters of words. The "Falou" app is strict with both phrasing and tones to get credit for being correctly spoken. The "Super Chinese" app provides detailed feedback on tonal correctness and only allows moving forward with a correct performance over 60% of the material. I have Praktika as well for Mandarin. The AI tutor in Praktika is pretty good, but the microphone handling for the Android app is pretty flakey. Praktika brings more variation, but doesn't make me work as hard as it could. The "Mandarin Blueprint" course material is first rate, but comes at a higher price point than I can justify given my teetering health. I would never derive the full value before heading for a dirt knap.