Editing Welsh Language Society (section)

=== ''{{lang|cy|Hawliau i'r Gymraeg}}'' (Rights to the Welsh language) ===

At the beginning of the 21st century, the society started a campaign for a new Welsh Language Act. The Welsh Language Act 1993 declared that Welsh should be treated on an equal basis with English, but the society argued that this fell short of what is needed.

In 2007, the society published its own {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011345/http://cymdeithas.org/dogfen/mesur-yr-iaith-gymraeg-2007-welsh-language-measure-2007 Welsh Language Measure]}}, draft legislation which would amongst other things establish official status for the Welsh language and rights to use it, and establish the office of the Welsh Language Commissioner.

In 2011, based in large part on the society's proposals, the [[National Assembly for Wales]] passed the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, which established the Welsh language as an official language of Wales, and introduced the [[Welsh Language Commissioner]].