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Chinese and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Wales  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
British Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
24  
19

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Diolch  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Nos da  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Bore da  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Hwyl  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Powys  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Not Available  

French Name
gallois  
chinois  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Han  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Not Available  

Branch
Brythonic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
chi  

ISO 639 3
cym  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Welsh and Chinese Speaking population

Welsh and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Welsh vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Chinese Language Codes

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

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