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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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