Countries
Wales
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Wales
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
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
  
Zambia
  
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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Helô
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
pepani
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
gallois
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Welsh and Chewa 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 Chewa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Chewa language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Chewa word for "Thank You" is Zikomo. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Chewa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Chewa Difficulty
The Welsh vs Chewa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Chewa 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 Chewa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Chewa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Chewa time required is Not Available.