Countries
Wales
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
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 in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.