Countries
Nigeria
  
Wales
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Helô
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Bore da
  
Please
Biko
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
igbo
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
igbo
  
gallois
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Igbo 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 Igbo and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Welsh language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Welsh Difficulty
The Igbo vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.