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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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