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Welsh vs 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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English and Welsh Language History

Comparison of English vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of English and Welsh language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Welsh Language History.

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

English vs Welsh Difficulty

The English vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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