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Welsh and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Wales   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
English Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Helô   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Diolch   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Nos da   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Bore da   

Please
alsjeblieft   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
sorry   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
vaarwel   
Hwyl   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Cymraeg   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
gallois   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Celtic   

Branch
Western   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Welsh   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
wel   

ISO 639 3
nld   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Dutch and Welsh Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Dutch and Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Welsh Speaking population

Dutch and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Welsh on Dutch vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Welsh Language Codes

Dutch and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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