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Swahili vs Welsh


Welsh vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Helô  

Thank You
Asante  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
Bore da  

Please
tafadhali  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
pole  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
bye  
Hwyl  

I Love You
nakupenda  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Gwynedd  

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Powys  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Cymraeg  

French Name
swahili  
gallois  

German Name
Swahili  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
6th century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Celtic  

Branch
Bantu  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Welsh  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
wel  

ISO 639 3
swa  
cym  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Swahili and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Welsh language. History of Swahili 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 Swahili and Welsh Language History.

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

Swahili vs Welsh Difficulty

The Swahili vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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