Countries
Japan
  
Wales
  
National Language
Japan
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Helô
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Bore da
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
japonais
  
gallois
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
1185
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Welsh language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Welsh Difficulty
The Japanese vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.