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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
I love you
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
American English
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
United States of America
Argentina
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Powys
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
5th Century AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Celtic
Branch
Not Available
Brythonic
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Standard English
Welsh
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
wels1247
Linguasphere
52-ABA
50-ABA
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional
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.