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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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