Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Wales
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 in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
Eu te amo
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Brazil
Argentina
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Portugal
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Powys
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
3rd Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Brythonic
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Welsh
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
wels1247
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
50-ABA
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
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.