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Welsh and Zulu


Zulu 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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
50   
35

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   
Sawubona   

Thank You
Diolch   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
unjani   

Good Night
Nos da   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
Bore da   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
Hwyl   
bye   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Georgia, South Africa   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
gallois   
zoulou   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Brythonic   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
zul   

ISO 639 3
cym   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
99-AUT-fg   

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

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Welsh and Zulu Speaking population

Welsh and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Welsh vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Zulu Language Codes

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

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