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Welsh vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
Ukraine   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
English Language   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Diolch   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
Nos da   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
Bore da   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
будь ласк   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
Hwyl   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Powys   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
39.00 million   
25

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Cymraeg   
Not Available   

French Name
gallois   
ukrainien   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Slavic   

Branch
Brythonic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
Not Available   
26   
22

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
cym   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Welsh and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Ukrainian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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