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Welsh vs Swahili


Swahili vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Wales   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
English Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
British Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Habari   

Thank You
Diolch   
Asante   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
Nos da   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
pole   

Bye
Hwyl   
bye   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
gallois   
swahili   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
9th Century   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Brythonic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
swa   

ISO 639 3
cym   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Welsh and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Swahili language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. 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 Swahili Language History.

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

Welsh vs Swahili Difficulty

The Welsh vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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