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Welsh vs Filipino


Filipino vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
British Language  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Kumusta  

Thank You
Diolch  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Kumusta  

Good Night
Nos da  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Magandang umaga  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Hwyl  
Paalam  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
8,200,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,600,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Pilipino  

French Name
gallois  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian 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  
Filipino  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
fil  

ISO 639 3
cym  
fil  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
fili1244  

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 Filipino Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Filipino language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Filipino Language History.

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

Welsh vs Filipino Difficulty

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

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