Thus a bridge to the second language is built on deep structural foundations.

ECONOMIST: A gift of tongues

While the first minister was on a mission to China to promote trade and cultural links, that country's consul general highlighted the importance of foreign language assistants in acting as a "bridge of cultural exchanges".

BBC: Consuls in school foreign languages plea

We're always trying to figure out how do we speak their language -- use our tools, but bridge that with what they're doing now.

CNN: STD site partners with school district

Gwilym Tudur was one of the protesters who sat in the middle of the road on Trefechan bridge on 2 February, 1963, to raise awareness about the lack of official status for the Welsh language at the time.

BBC: The Trefechan bridge protest in 1963