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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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