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English vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Wales   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
South Africa   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
British Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Hello   

Thank You
Diolch   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Nos da   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Good Morning   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Please   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Sorry   

Bye
Hwyl   
Bye   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
American English   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Powys   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
English   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Not Available   

French Name
gallois   
anglais   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
5th Century AD   

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   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
eng   

ISO 639 3
cym   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
wels1247   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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Welsh and English Language History

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

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

Welsh vs English Difficulty

The Welsh vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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