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Arabic vs Welsh


Welsh vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Helô  

Thank You
شكرا  
Diolch  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Nos da  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Bore da  

Please
من فضلك  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
آسف  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
وداعا  
Hwyl  

I Love You
أحبك  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Cymraeg  

French Name
arabe  
gallois  

German Name
Arabisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
9th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Celtic  

Branch
North Arabic  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Welsh  

Language Position
25  
23
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
wel  

ISO 639 3
ara  
cym  

ISO 639 6
ara  
cym  

Glottocode
arab1395  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Arabic and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Welsh language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Welsh Language History.

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

Arabic vs Welsh Difficulty

The Arabic vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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