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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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