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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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