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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Wales

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Wales

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe

Minority Language

South Africa
Argentina, United Kingdom

Regulated By

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Welsh Language Commissioner

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
English Language

Derived From

Latin
British Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2629
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

74
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Helô

Thank You

Thank you
Diolch

How Are You?

How are you?
Sut ydych chi?

Good Night

Good Night
Nos da

Good Evening

Good Evening
Noswaith dda

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da

Good Morning

Good Morning
Bore da

Please

Please
os gwelwch yn dda

Sorry

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym

Bye

Bye
Hwyl

I Love You

I love you
Dw i'n dy garu di

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Patagonian Welsh

Where They Speak

United States of America
Argentina

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Y Wyndodeg

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Gwynedd

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Y Bowyseg

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Powys

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.00700,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1888
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg

Alternative Names

English
Cymraeg

French Name

anglais
gallois

German Name

Englisch
Kymrisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]

Ethnicity

English people
Welsh people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Celtic

Branch

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Brythonic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh

Standard Forms

Standard English
Welsh

Language Position

331
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Welsh Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
cy

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
cym

ISO 639 2/B

eng
wel

ISO 639 3

eng
cym

ISO 639 6

engs
cym

Glottocode

stan1293
wels1247

Linguasphere

52-ABA
50-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional

English and Welsh Alphabets

English and Welsh Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Welsh. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn English and Welsh languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Welsh languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Welsh greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Welsh are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Welsh Speaking population

English and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of English and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Welsh on English vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Welsh Language Codes

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