Countries
Wales
  
Japan
  
National Language
Wales
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Not Available
  
French Name
gallois
  
japonais
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Welsh and Japanese Speaking population
Welsh and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Welsh vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Japanese Language Codes
Welsh and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.