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Welsh vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Wales   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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 politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
British Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Hai   

Thank You
Diolch   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Nos da   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Selamat pagi   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
sila   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
maaf   

Bye
Hwyl   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Not Available   

French Name
gallois   
malais   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 683 AD   

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   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
may   

ISO 639 3
cym   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Welsh and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Malaysian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Welsh vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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