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Welsh and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
British Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
15   
12

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
hallo   

Thank You
Diolch   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Nos da   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Bore da   
goeie more   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
asseblief   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
jammer   

Bye
Hwyl   
Not Available   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
gallois   
afrikaans   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
9th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Germanic   

Branch
Brythonic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
afr   

ISO 639 3
cym   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
wels1247   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic   

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All Welsh and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Welsh and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Welsh and Afrikaans Speaking population

Welsh and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Welsh and Afrikaans on Welsh vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Afrikaans Language Codes

Welsh and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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