Countries
Wales
  
India
  
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 in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.