Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Wales
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- 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 in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Helô
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Bore da
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
chinois
  
gallois
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Chinese and Welsh Speaking population
Chinese and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Welsh on Chinese vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Welsh Language Codes
Chinese and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.