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Arabic vs Welsh


Welsh vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Wales   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
English Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
28   
18
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Helô   

Thank You
شكرا   
Diolch   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Nos da   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Bore da   

Please
من فضلك   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
آسف   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
وداعا   
Hwyl   

I Love You
أحبك   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Cymraeg   

French Name
arabe   
gallois   

German Name
Arabisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
512 CE   
9th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Celtic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Welsh   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
wel   

ISO 639 3
ara   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Arabic and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Welsh language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Welsh Language History.

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

Arabic vs Welsh Difficulty

The Arabic vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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