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Welsh and Xhosa


Xhosa and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Botswana, Lesotho  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
British Language  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
43  
32

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Molo  

Thank You
Diolch  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Unjani  

Good Night
Nos da  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Molo  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Hwyl  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Powys  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
gallois  
xhosa  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16th 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  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
xho  

ISO 639 3
cym  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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

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Welsh and Xhosa Speaking population

Welsh and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Welsh vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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