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Galician vs Welsh


Welsh vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Galicia  
Wales  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language  
English Language  

Derived From
Latin  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Helô  

Thank You
Grazas  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Bore da  

Please
Por favor  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
Adeus  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Ámote  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Gwynedd  

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Powys  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Galego  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Cymraeg  

French Name
galicien  
gallois  

German Name
Galicisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Celtic  

Branch
Not Available  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Welsh  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
wel  

ISO 639 3
glg  
cym  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gali1258  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Galician and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Welsh language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Welsh Language History.

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

Galician vs Welsh Difficulty

The Galician vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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