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Welsh vs Nepali


Nepali vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Wales   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
British Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Diolch   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Nos da   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Bore da   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
कृपया   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Hwyl   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
gallois   
népalais   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
9th Century   
19 BC   

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   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
nep   

ISO 639 3
cym   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Welsh and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Nepali language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Welsh vs Nepali Difficulty

The Welsh vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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