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Welsh vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Commission on the Filipino Language   

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
Diolch   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
Nos da   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Not available   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
Hwyl   
Pakada   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Ayayatenka   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
9.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
9.10 million   
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
gallois   
ilocano   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Ilokano-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
18th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Brythonic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
Not Available   
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
cym   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
31-CBA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Welsh and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Ilocano language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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Welsh and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Ilocano language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Welsh vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Welsh vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.

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