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Japanese and Welsh


Welsh and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
14  
4
21  
11

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Helô  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Diolch  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Nos da  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Bore da  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Hwyl  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Cymraeg  

French Name
japonais  
gallois  

German Name
Japanisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
1185  
9th Century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Welsh  

Language Position
8  
8
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
wel  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
cym  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
cym  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Japanese and Welsh Speaking population

Japanese and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Welsh on Japanese vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Welsh Language Codes

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

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