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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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