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Welsh vs Russian


Russian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Wales   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
British Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Diolch   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Nos da   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Hwyl   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Russki   

French Name
gallois   
russe   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Russians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Slavic   

Branch
Brythonic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
rus   

ISO 639 3
cym   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Welsh and Russian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Russian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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Welsh and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Russian language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Welsh vs Russian Difficulty

The Welsh vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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