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Welsh vs Persian


Persian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

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   

History

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   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Welsh and Persian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Persian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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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.

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