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Welsh vs Estonian


Estonian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Wales   
Estonia, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Tere   

Thank You
Diolch   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Nos da   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Tere hommikust   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Palun   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Vabandust   

Bye
Hwyl   
Head aega   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Powys   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Eesti keel   

French Name
gallois   
estonien   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Estonians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Brythonic   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
est   

ISO 639 3
cym   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Welsh and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Estonian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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