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Slovak vs Welsh


Welsh vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Wales  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
English Language  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
7  
4

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Helô  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
Bore da  

Please
Prosím  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Gwynedd  

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Powys  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Cymraeg  

French Name
slovaque  
gallois  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
6th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Celtic  

Branch
Western  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Welsh  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
wel  

ISO 639 3
slk  
cym  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1269  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Slovak and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Welsh language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 Slovak and Welsh Language History.

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

Slovak vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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