Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Wales
  
National Language
Germany
  
Wales
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Danke
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
Bore da
  
Please
bitte
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
Not Available
  
Native Name
Deutsch
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
allemand
  
gallois
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Western
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
German and Welsh Speaking population
German and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of German and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Welsh on German vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Welsh Language Codes
German and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.