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Finnish and Welsh


Welsh and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Wales  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
13  
3
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Helô  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Bore da  

Please
haluta  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
Heippa  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Gwynedd  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Cymraeg  

French Name
finnois  
gallois  

German Name
Finnisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
1543  
9th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Celtic  

Branch
Finnic  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Welsh  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
wel  

ISO 639 3
fin  
cym  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Finnish and Welsh Speaking population

Finnish and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available 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 Finnish and Welsh on Finnish vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Welsh Language Codes

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

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