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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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