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Welsh vs French


French vs Welsh


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
32   
3

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

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   

History

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   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Welsh and French Language History

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

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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.

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