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Welsh and Yoruba


Yoruba and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

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   

History

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   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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