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Japanese vs Welsh


Welsh vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
14   
4
21   
11

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Gwynedd   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Powys   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
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   

History

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
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Welsh language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Welsh Language History.

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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.

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