Countries
Wales
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Wales
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
Labrīt
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Lettish
  
French Name
gallois
  
letton
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
All Welsh and Latvian 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 Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Welsh and Latvian Speaking population
Welsh and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian 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 Latvian on Welsh vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Latvian Language Codes
Welsh and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.