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Welsh and Maithili


Maithili and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
British Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
Not Available  

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
pranam  

Thank You
Diolch  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Suprabhaat  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
kripaya  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
maf karai  

Bye
Hwyl  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
North India  

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Deoghar, France  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.41 %  
33

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.80 million  
33

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
gallois  
maithili  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
9th Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Not Available  

Branch
Brythonic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
Not Available  
40  
31

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
mai  

ISO 639 3
cym  
mai  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
mait1250  

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  
Not Available  

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

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Welsh and Maithili Speaking population

Welsh and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Welsh vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Maithili Language Codes

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

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