Countries
Wales
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Wales
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
English Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
British Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Diolch
obrigado
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Como você está?
Good Night
Nos da
boa noite
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Bore da
bom Dia
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Por Favor
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
pesaroso
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Argentina
Brazil
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Powys
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Português
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Português
French Name
gallois
portugais
German Name
Kymrisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
9th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Brythonic
Not Available
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Welsh
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
wels1247
port1283
Linguasphere
50-ABA
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Welsh and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Portuguese language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Welsh vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.