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Amharic vs Welsh


Welsh vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
-  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
31  
21
21  
11

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Helô  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Nos da  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Bore da  

Please
i'bakwon  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
tschao  
Hwyl  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Cymraeg  

French Name
amharique  
gallois  

German Name
Amharisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
13th century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Celtic  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Welsh  

Language Position
55  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
wel  

ISO 639 3
amh  
cym  

ISO 639 6
amh  
cym  

Glottocode
amha1245  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Amharic and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Welsh language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Amharic and Welsh Language History.

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

Amharic vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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