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Welsh and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

National Language
France  
Wales  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
English Language  

Derived From
Latin  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
bonjour  
Helô  

Thank You
Merci  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Nos da  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Bore da  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
désolé  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
au revoir  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
African French  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
français  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Français  
Cymraeg  

French Name
français  
gallois  

German Name
Französisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
French people  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Welsh  

Language Position
13  
12
31  
29

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
wel  

ISO 639 3
fra  
cym  

ISO 639 6
fras  
cym  

Glottocode
stan1290  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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French and Welsh Speaking population

French and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of French and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Welsh on French vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Welsh Language Codes

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

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