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Welsh vs Spanish


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
38,000.00   
99+

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
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   

History

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
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Spanish and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Welsh language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Welsh Language History.

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

Spanish vs Welsh Difficulty

The Spanish vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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