Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Wales
  
National Language
Somalia
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Yemen
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali 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
Afar and Oromo Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Habeenka Good
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Evening Good
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
  
Bore da
  
Please
Fadlan
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
caraysiiyo
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Benaadir
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
af Soomaali
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
somali
  
gallois
  
German Name
Somali
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Somalis
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
19th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Somali
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
so
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
som
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
som
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
som
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
soma1255
  
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
  
Somali 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 Somali and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Welsh language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Welsh Difficulty
The Somali vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.