Countries
India
  
Wales
  
National Language
India
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Helô
  
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Bore da
  
Please
Not Available
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Baleswari
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ganjami
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Kosli
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million
  
34
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
oriya
  
gallois
  
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Odias
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
3 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
or
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ori
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
ori
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
ori
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
macr1269
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Oriya 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 Oriya and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oriya and Welsh language. Oriya word for "Hello" is ନମସ୍କାର (namascara) or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Oriya Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oriya vs Welsh Difficulty
The Oriya vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oriya 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 Oriya and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oriya and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oriya is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.