Countries
Wales
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Wales
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
gallois
  
persan
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Welsh and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Persian language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Persian Difficulty
The Welsh vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.