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Welsh vs Marathi


Marathi vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Wales  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
British Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.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  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
Diolch  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
Nos da  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
Bore da  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
Hwyl  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
2,400,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.10 %  
18

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
3.00 million  
32

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
gallois  
marathe  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
10th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Brythonic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Marathi  

Language Position
Not Available  
17  
15

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
mar  

ISO 639 3
cym  
mar  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
omr  

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 Marathi Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Marathi language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th 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 Marathi Language History.

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

Welsh vs Marathi Difficulty

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

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