Countries
Wales
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Wales
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
Egun on
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
France
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
gallois
  
basque
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Basque people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
All Welsh and Basque 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 Basque dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Welsh and Basque Speaking population
Welsh and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque 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 Basque on Welsh vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Basque Language Codes
Welsh and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.