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Welsh vs Konkani


Konkani vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
India   

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   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
British Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Diolch   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Nos da   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Chike   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Maf kor   

Bye
Hwyl   
Adeus   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
gallois   
konkani   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European 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   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
kok   

ISO 639 3
cym   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Welsh and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Konkani language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Welsh vs Konkani Difficulty

The Welsh vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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