Countries
Wales
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Wales
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
sorry
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
gallois
  
somali
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
9th Century
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Welsh and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Somali language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Somali Difficulty
The Welsh vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.