Countries
Wales
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Wales
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
English Language
Armenian
Derived From
British Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Helô
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Diolch
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Nos da
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Bore da
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Argentina
Greece
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Griko
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Powys
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
gallois
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Kymrisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
9th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Brythonic
Not Available
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Welsh
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
wels1247
gree1276
Linguasphere
50-ABA
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Welsh and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Greek language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Greek Difficulty
The Welsh vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.