Countries
Wales
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Argentina
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Olonets
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Olonets
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Powys
Novgorod
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
9th Century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
wels1247
russ1263
Linguasphere
50-ABA
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
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.