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Welsh and Albanian


Albanian and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Wales   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   

Similar To
English Language   
Romanian   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
Diolch   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
Nos da   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
Bore da   
mirëmengjes   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Me fal   

Bye
Hwyl   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Not Available   

French Name
gallois   
albanais   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Albanians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Brythonic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Standard Albanian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
alb   

ISO 639 3
cym   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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All Welsh and Albanian 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 Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Welsh and Albanian Speaking population

Welsh and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Albanian on Welsh vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Albanian Language Codes

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

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