Welsh and Norwegian
National Language
Wales
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
English Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
British Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Nos da
god natt
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
god kveld
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Bore da
god morgen
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Vær så snill
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
unnskyld
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Argentina
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Sogn
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Powys
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Norsk
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Norsk
French Name
gallois
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Kymrisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Norwegians
Origin
9th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Brythonic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Welsh
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
wels1247
norw1258
Linguasphere
50-ABA
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
All Welsh and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Welsh and Norwegian Speaking population
Welsh and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian on Welsh vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Norwegian Language Codes
Welsh and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.