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Albanian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Wales   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian   
English Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
British Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Helô   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Diolch   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Nos da   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Bore da   

Please
Ju lutem   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
Me fal   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Hwyl   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cymraeg   

French Name
albanais   
gallois   

German Name
Albanisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Welsh   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
wel   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Albanian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Welsh language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Welsh Language History.

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Albanian and Welsh Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Welsh language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Welsh Difficulty

The Albanian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Welsh Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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