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Welsh vs Amharic


Amharic vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
Ethiopia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Selam   

Thank You
Diolch   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Nos da   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Bore da   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
aznallehu   

Bye
Hwyl   
tschao   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
gallois   
amharique   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
9th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Semitic   

Branch
Brythonic   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
amh   

ISO 639 3
cym   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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Welsh and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Amharic language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Welsh and Amharic Language History.

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Welsh and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Amharic language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Welsh vs Amharic Difficulty

The Welsh vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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