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Norwegian vs Welsh


Welsh vs 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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Norwegian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Welsh language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD 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 Norwegian and Welsh Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Welsh Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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