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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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
30 weeks  
10

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  
6
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
700,000.00  
99+

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
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Cymraeg  

French Name
chinois  
gallois  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Welsh  

Language Position
1  
1
31  
29

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Welsh Sign Language  

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
zho  
cym  

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 0.24 %. 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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