Countries
South Africa
  
Wales
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Bore da
  
Please
Ndicela
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
xhosa
  
gallois
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Xhosa and Welsh 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 Xhosa and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Welsh language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Welsh Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Welsh 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 Xhosa and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.