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Welsh vs Spanish


Spanish vs Welsh


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

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

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

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  

History

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  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Welsh and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Spanish language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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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.

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