Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Wales
  
National Language
Spain
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Bore da
  
Please
Por Favor
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
triste
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
adiós
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
gallois
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional