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Welsh vs 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  

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Portuguese and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Welsh language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese and Welsh Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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