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==={{anchor|Welsh code talkers}}Welsh=== A system employing the [[Welsh language]] was used by British forces during World War II, but not to any great extent. In 1942, the Royal Air Force developed a plan to use Welsh for secret communications, but it was never implemented.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Chapman|first=H. S.|title=Welsh as a Secret Language|journal=Transactions of the Caernarvonshire Historical Society|volume=48|year=1987|pages=113β117}}</ref> Welsh was used more recently in the [[Yugoslav Wars]] for non-vital messages.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heath |first=Tony |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/welsh-speak-up-for-their-ancient-tongue-1311562.html |title=Welsh speak up for their ancient tongue |work=[[The Independent]] |page=6 |date=1996-08-26 |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102194821/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/welsh-speak-up-for-their-ancient-tongue-1311562.html |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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