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French vs Welsh


Welsh vs 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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

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   
15
38,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
African French   
Y Wyndodeg   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Gwynedd   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Y Bowyseg   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Powys   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

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 %   
17
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   

Alternative Names
Français   
Cymraeg   

French Name
français   
gallois   

German Name
Französisch   
Kymrisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Welsh people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Celtic   

Branch
Not Available   
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
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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French and Welsh Language History

Comparison of French vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of French and Welsh language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French and Welsh Language History.

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

French vs Welsh Difficulty

The French vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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