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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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