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Welsh vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Wales  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Helô  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Nos da  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Bore da  

Please
Ju lutem  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Me fal  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Hwyl  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Cymraeg  

French Name
albanais  
gallois  

German Name
Albanisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Welsh  

Language Position
14  
13
31  
29

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
wel  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
cym  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
cym  

Glottocode
alba1267  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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