Cofi dialect

Cofi dialect
Cofi dialect
Spoken in Wales
Region Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Native speakers unknown  (date missing)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3

The Cofi (pronounced Covvy in English) is the regional accent and dialect of the Welsh language found in north Wales, and centred on Caernarfon, in Gwynedd, and its surrounding district. A person from Caernarfon is known colloquially as a Cofi.[1]

Cofi has been calledOne of Walesmost famous regional dialects.’ In 2011, the Welsh television production company Cwmni Da organised a special event at Caernarfon Football Club celebrating the Cofi dialect. The event was filmed as part of a television series known as 'Ar Lafar'.[2]

According to broadcaster Mari Gwilym:Cofis are straight as arrows and we are extremely proud of the Cofi dialect as it is a real asset to Wales. Caernarfon has earned a reputation throughout Wales as the town of the Cofis which I think is great because its an extremely important part of their heritage[2]

The Cofi dialect has beenimmortalizedin the radio monologues of Richard Hughes and in William Owens[disambiguation needed ] storiesChwedlau Pen Deitsch’ (1961) [3]

The actor Dewi Rhys is a Cofi. He has written a book on Cofi humour calledHiwmor Y Cofi.’[4] He comments:I dont think we as Cofis try and be individual, but we just are. We like to think that were lifes losers, but we look forward to getting out there and doing different things. When you first meet a Cofi, youre usually greeted with this deadpan sort of look, you can never tell whats going through their minds. Thats probably down to shyness or a desire to be left alone. I think its fair to say that you dont get much small talk with a Cofi[2]

The National Museum of Wales has a recording of Gareth Wyn Jones, speaking the Cofi dialect.[5]

'O Flaen dy Lygaidis an opera in the Cofi dialect which has been produced with the help of children from the Ysgubor Goch housing estate in Caernarfon. The idea behind theCofi Operais to create, produce and perform an opera with children from the estate performing alongside professional opera singers, the opera forms part of theCofis Bachproject based in Caernarfons Noddfa Centre. The opera has been produced with the help of Caernarfon poet Meirion MacIntyre Hughes, composer Owain Llwyd and rapper Ed Holden[6]

References

  1. ^ Cofi dialect North Wales Today web site. URL retrieved April 10, 2011/
  2. ^ a b cCelebrating the Cofi Dialect’, Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald, February 3, 2011
  3. ^The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, University of Wales Press Cardiff, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
  4. ^ Y Lolfa web site: Hiwmor Y Cofi by Dewi Rhys URL retrieved April 10, 2011/]
  5. ^ National Museum of Wales recording of Cofi dialect URL retrieved April 10, 2011/]
  6. ^ S4C web site: O Flaen dy Lygiad; Cofi Opera URL retrieved April 10, 2011

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