Countries
Wales
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Wales
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Greece
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
gallois
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Welsh and Greek Speaking population
Welsh and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Welsh vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Greek Language Codes
Welsh and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.