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Welsh and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Wales   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
7   
6
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Helô   

Thank You
Thank you   
Diolch   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Nos da   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Bore da   

Please
Please   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
Sorry   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
Bye   
Hwyl   

I Love You
I love you   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cymraeg   

French Name
anglais   
gallois   

German Name
Englisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Welsh   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
wel   

ISO 639 3
eng   
cym   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All English 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 English and Welsh dialects. Various dialects of English and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Welsh Speaking population

English and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of English and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Welsh on English vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Welsh Language Codes

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

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