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Italian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Wales  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
Latin  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
ciao  
Helô  

Thank You
grazie  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Nos da  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Bore da  

Please
Per Favore  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
scusate  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
arrivederci  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Cymraeg  

French Name
italien  
gallois  

German Name
Italienisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Italian  
Welsh  

Language Position
27  
25
31  
29

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
wel  

ISO 639 3
ita  
cym  

ISO 639 6
itas  
cym  

Glottocode
ital1282  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
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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Italian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Welsh language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Welsh Language History.

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

Italian vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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