Countries
Wales
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Wales
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Not Available
  
French Name
gallois
  
kurde
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
9th Century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Welsh and Kurdish Speaking population
Welsh and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Welsh vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Kurdish Language Codes
Welsh and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.