Countries
Wales
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Wales
  
Malta
  
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
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Malti
  
French Name
gallois
  
maltais
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
9th Century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
All Welsh and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Welsh and Maltese Speaking population
Welsh and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese 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 Maltese on Welsh vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Maltese Language Codes
Welsh and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.