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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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