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Maltese vs Welsh


Welsh vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Wales   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects   
English Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Helô   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Diolch   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Nos da   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Bore da   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
Ċaw   
Hwyl   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Gwynedd   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Powys   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Cymraeg   

French Name
maltais   
gallois   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
9th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Celtic   

Branch
North Abric   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Welsh   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
wel   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Maltese and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Welsh language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 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 Maltese and Welsh Language History.

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

Maltese vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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