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Romanian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Wales   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
English Language   

Derived From
Latin   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Helô   

Thank You
multumesc   
Diolch   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Nos da   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Bore da   

Please
Vă Rog   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
scuze   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
La revedere   
Hwyl   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Cymraeg   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
gallois   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
1521   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Welsh   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
wel   

ISO 639 3
ron   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Romanian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Welsh language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Welsh Language History.

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

Romanian vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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