Countries
Wales
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Wales
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
English Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
hola
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
triste
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
gallois
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Welsh and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Spanish language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Spanish Difficulty
The Welsh vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.