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Welsh vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
India  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
British Language  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Diolch  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Nos da  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Not Available  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Not Available  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Hwyl  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
gallois  
dzongkha  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Not Available  

Branch
Brythonic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Dzongkha  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
cym  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Welsh and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Dzongkha language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Dzongkha Language History.

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

Welsh vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Welsh vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

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