Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Wales
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Bore da
  
Please
Sisplau
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Argentina
  
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
gallois
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Catalan 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 Catalan and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Welsh language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Welsh Difficulty
The Catalan vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.