Countries
Wales
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Wales
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
Bonjour
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
désolé
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Français
  
French Name
gallois
  
français
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Welsh and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and French language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs French Difficulty
The Welsh vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.