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Welsh vs Turkish


Turkish vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Wales   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Diolch   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Nos da   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Bore da   
günaydın   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
lütfen   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Hwyl   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
gallois   
turc   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Turkish   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Turkic   

Branch
Brythonic   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
tur   

ISO 639 3
cym   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Welsh and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Turkish language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Welsh vs Turkish Difficulty

The Welsh vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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