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Welsh and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Wales  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Helô  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Diolch  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Nos da  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Bore da  

Please
alsjeblieft  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
sorry  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
vaarwel  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Cymraeg  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
gallois  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Celtic  

Branch
Western  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Welsh  

Language Position
48  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
wel  

ISO 639 3
nld  
cym  

ISO 639 6
nld  
cym  

Glottocode
mode1257  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Welsh Speaking population

Dutch and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Welsh on Dutch vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Welsh Language Codes

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

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