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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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Branch
Brythonic
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
wels1247
stan1290
Linguasphere
50-ABA
51-AAA-i
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.