Afrikaans and Welsh
Countries
South Africa
Wales
National Language
South Africa
Wales
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Welsh Language Commissioner
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Dutch Language
English Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
British Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
goeie nag
Nos da
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
P'nawn da
Good Morning
goeie more
Bore da
Please
asseblief
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
jammer
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Not Available
Argentina
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Not Available
Gwynedd
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Namibia
Powys
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Cymraeg
French Name
afrikaans
gallois
German Name
Afrikaans
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Welsh people
Origin
17th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Welsh
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
wels1247
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
50-ABA
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional
All Afrikaans and Welsh Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Welsh Speaking population
Afrikaans and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Welsh on Afrikaans vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Welsh Language Codes
Afrikaans and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.