Countries
Wales
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Wales
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
English Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
pole
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
bye
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
gallois
  
swahili
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
9th Century
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Swahili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Welsh and Swahili Speaking population
Welsh and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Welsh vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Swahili Language Codes
Welsh and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.