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Nepali vs Welsh


Welsh vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Wales  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
English Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Helô  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Diolch  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Nos da  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Bore da  

Please
कृपया  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Hwyl  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Cymraeg  

French Name
népalais  
gallois  

German Name
Nepali  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Celtic  

Branch
Indic  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Welsh  

Language Position
59  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
wel  

ISO 639 3
npi  
cym  

ISO 639 6
nep  
cym  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
12  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Nepali and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Welsh language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali and Welsh Language History.

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

Nepali vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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