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Bilingual road signs

You'll see that most of the road signs in Wales are bilingual. Welsh highway authorities choose whether they English or Welsh priority, and the language having priority in the highway authority's area appears first on signs. Most of south Wales is English-priority while north Wales is Welsh-priority.

Here are some of the more common signs you will see - and how to pronounce the Welsh.

Araf/slow Araf - Slow
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