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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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