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Dutch and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
590,000.00   
32

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

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   

History

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   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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