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Russian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Wales   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
English Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Helô   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Diolch   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Nos da   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Bore da   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Hwyl   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Argentina   

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

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Gwynedd   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Powys   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Cymraeg   

French Name
russe   
gallois   

German Name
Russisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Celtic   

Branch
Eastern   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Welsh   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
wel   

ISO 639 3
rus   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Russian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Welsh language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Welsh Language History.

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

Russian vs Welsh Difficulty

The Russian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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