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Welsh vs 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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German and Welsh Language History

Comparison of German vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of German and Welsh language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Welsh Language History.

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

German vs Welsh Difficulty

The German vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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