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Amharic vs Welsh


Welsh vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Wales   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
English Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
British Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
31   
21
21   
11

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Selam   
Helô   

Thank You
amesege'nallo'   
Diolch   

How Are You?
Dehina newot?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
Dehna dur   
Nos da   

Good Evening
melkam meshe't   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru   
Bore da   

Please
i'bakwon   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
aznallehu   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
tschao   
Hwyl   

I Love You
afekirishalehu   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
yiqirta   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Gondar   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Gwynedd   

Dialect 3
Showa   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia   
Powys   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
Not Available   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   
Cymraeg   

French Name
amharique   
gallois   

German Name
Amharisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Amharas   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
13th century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Celtic   

Branch
Ethiopic   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Amharic   
Welsh   

Language Position
55   
40
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
am   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
amh   
wel   

ISO 639 3
amh   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
amha1245   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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Amharic and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Welsh language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Amharic and Welsh Language History.

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Amharic 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 Amharic and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Welsh language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Welsh Difficulty

The Amharic vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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