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Welsh vs Slovene


Slovene vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
British Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Halo  

Thank You
Diolch  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Dobro jutro  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Prosim  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Oprostite  

Bye
Hwyl  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Italy  

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
gallois  
slovène  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
972-1093  

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  
Slovene  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
slv  

ISO 639 3
cym  
slv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
wels1247  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Welsh and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Slovene language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Welsh vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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