Countries
Wales
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Wales
  
Nigeria
  
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
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
e kaaro
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
binu
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
bye
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Nigeria
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
gallois
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
All Welsh and Yoruba 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 Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Welsh and Yoruba Speaking population
Welsh and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Welsh vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Yoruba Language Codes
Welsh and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.