Countries
Wales
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Wales
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
goeie more
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
jammer
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
gallois
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
9th Century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic
  
Welsh and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Welsh and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Afrikaans language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Welsh vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Welsh and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.