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Welsh vs Chinese


Chinese vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Wales   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
24   
19

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Diolch   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Nos da   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Bore da   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Hwyl   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Powys   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Not Available   

French Name
gallois   
chinois   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Han   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Brythonic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
chi   

ISO 639 3
cym   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Welsh and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Chinese language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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

Welsh vs Chinese Difficulty

The Welsh vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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