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Welsh vs Oriya


Oriya vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
British Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
Diolch  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Nos da  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
Bore da  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Not Available  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
Hwyl  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
India  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
India  

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Powys  
India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
520,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
gallois  
oriya  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Odias  

History

Origin
9th Century  
3 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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
Not Available  
32  
26

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
ori  

ISO 639 3
cym  
ori  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
No data available  

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 Oriya Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Oriya language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 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 Oriya Language History.

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

Welsh vs Oriya Difficulty

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

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