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Norwegian and Welsh


Welsh and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Wales   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
English Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Helô   

Thank You
takk   
Diolch   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
god natt   
Nos da   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Bore da   

Please
Vær så snill   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
ha det   
Hwyl   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Gwynedd   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Powys   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Cymraeg   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
gallois   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Celtic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Welsh   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
wel   

ISO 639 3
nor   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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All Norwegian and Welsh Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Welsh Speaking population

Norwegian and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Welsh on Norwegian vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Welsh Language Codes

Norwegian and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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