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Welsh vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

National Language
France  
Wales  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
English Language  

Derived From
Latin  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Helô  

Thank You
Merci  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Nos da  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Bore da  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
désolé  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
au revoir  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Gwynedd  

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Français  
Cymraeg  

French Name
français  
gallois  

German Name
Französisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Celtic  

Branch
Not Available  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Welsh  

Language Position
13  
12
Not Available  

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
wel  

ISO 639 3
fra  
cym  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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French and Welsh Language History

Comparison of French vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of French and Welsh language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Welsh Language History.

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

French vs Welsh Difficulty

The French vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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