Excerpt from A Welsh Grammar for Schools, Vol. 1: Based on the Principles and Requirements of the Grammatical Society; Accidence
The Author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to previous Welsh Grammars, and to the Report of the Committee upon Welsh Orthography, as well as to the writings of Zeuss, Rhys and other Celtic philologists.
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