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Welsh vs Italian


Italian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Wales   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
English Language   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
British Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

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   
ciao   

Thank You
Diolch   
grazie   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Nos da   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Bore da   
buongiorno   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
scusate   

Bye
Hwyl   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Italiano   

French Name
gallois   
italien   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Italians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
960 BC   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
ita   

ISO 639 3
cym   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
wels1247   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
51-AAA-q   

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Italian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Italian Difficulty

The Welsh vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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