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Welsh vs Serbian


Serbian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Wales   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Diolch   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Nos da   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Hwyl   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Montenegrin   

French Name
gallois   
serbe   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Serbs   

History

Origin
9th Century   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Brythonic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
srp   

ISO 639 3
cym   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Welsh and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Serbian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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