Home
Languagevs


Portuguese and Welsh


Welsh and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Wales  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
Latin  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
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
Olá  
Helô  

Thank You
obrigado  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
boa noite  
Nos da  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Bore da  

Please
Por Favor  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
tchau  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Powys  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Português  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Português  
Cymraeg  

French Name
portugais  
gallois  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Welsh  

Language Position
6  
6
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
wel  

ISO 639 3
por  
cym  

ISO 639 6
por  
cym  

Glottocode
port1283  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Spoken Languages

Portuguese and Welsh Speaking population

Portuguese and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Welsh on Portuguese vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Welsh Language Codes

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

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages