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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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