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Basque vs Welsh


Welsh vs Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
France, Spain  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
  • 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
Spanish  
English Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Kaixo  
Helô  

Thank You
Eskerrik asko  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Zer moduz?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Gabon  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Arratsalde on  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Egun on  
Bore da  

Please
Mesedez  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Barkatu  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
Agur  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
France  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Powys  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Not available  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  
Cymraeg  

French Name
basque  
gallois  

German Name
Baskisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Basque people  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
c. 1000  
9th Century  

Language Family
Vasconic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Celtic  

Branch
Not Available  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Basque  
Welsh  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eu  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eus  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
baq  
wel  

ISO 639 3
eus  
cym  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
basq1248  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
40-AAA-a  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Basque and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Basque vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Basque and Welsh language. History of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000 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 Basque and Welsh Language History.

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

Basque vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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