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Welsh and Igbo


Igbo and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
kedụ   

Thank You
Diolch   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Nos da   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Bore da   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Biko   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Ndo   

Bye
Hwyl   
Not Available   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Ibo   

French Name
gallois   
igbo   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Kwa   

Branch
Brythonic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
cym   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Welsh and Igbo Speaking population

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

Welsh and Igbo Language Codes

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

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