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German and Welsh


Welsh and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
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   

History

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
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All German 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 German and Welsh dialects. Various dialects of German and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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