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Estonian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Helô  

Thank You
aitäh  
Diolch  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Bore da  

Please
Palun  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
Head aega  
Hwyl  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Gwynedd  

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Powys  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Cymraeg  

French Name
estonien  
gallois  

German Name
Estnisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
13th century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Celtic  

Branch
Finnic  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Welsh  

Language Position
22  
20
31  
29

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
wel  

ISO 639 3
est  
cym  

ISO 639 6
est  
cym  

Glottocode
esto1258  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
No data available  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Estonian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Welsh language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Welsh Language History.

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

Estonian vs Welsh Difficulty

The Estonian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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