Countries
Wales
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Wales
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
sorry
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
gallois
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Standard Dutch
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Welsh and Dutch Speaking population
Welsh and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Welsh vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Dutch Language Codes
Welsh and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.