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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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