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Welsh and Amharic


Amharic and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Selam   

Thank You
Diolch   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Nos da   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Bore da   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
aznallehu   

Bye
Hwyl   
tschao   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
gallois   
amharique   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
9th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Semitic   

Branch
Brythonic   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
amh   

ISO 639 3
cym   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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

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Welsh and Amharic Speaking population

Welsh and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Welsh vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Amharic Language Codes

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

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