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Swedish vs Welsh


Welsh vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Sweden   
Wales   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
English Language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
British Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
hej   
Helô   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Diolch   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
godnatt   
Nos da   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Bore da   

Please
vänligen   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
ledsen   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
hej då   
Hwyl   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
France   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Cymraeg   

French Name
suédois   
gallois   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
13th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Celtic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Welsh   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
wel   

ISO 639 3
swe   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Swedish and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Welsh language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Welsh Language History.

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

Swedish vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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