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Welsh vs Armenian


Armenian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Greek   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
Diolch   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
Nos da   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
Hwyl   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Not Applicable   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
6.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
gallois   
arménien   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Armenians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Brythonic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
arm   

ISO 639 3
cym   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Welsh and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Armenian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th 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 Armenian Language History.

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Welsh and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Armenian language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Welsh vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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