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Chinese and Welsh


Welsh and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Wales   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Wales   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Argentina, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Welsh Language Commissioner   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
English Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
British Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Helô   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Diolch   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Sut ydych chi?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Nos da   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Noswaith dda   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
P'nawn da   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Bore da   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
os gwelwch yn dda   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Hwyl   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Dw i'n dy garu di   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Esgusodwch fi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Patagonian Welsh   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Argentina   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Wu   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Gwynedd   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cymraeg   

French Name
chinois   
gallois   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
Brythonic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Welsh   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
cy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
cym   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
wel   

ISO 639 3
zho   
cym   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
wels1247   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
50-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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All Chinese and Welsh Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Welsh Speaking population

Chinese and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Welsh on Chinese vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Welsh Language Codes

Chinese and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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