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Romanian vs Welsh


Welsh vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Wales  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
English Language  

Derived From
Latin  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
alo  
Helô  

Thank You
multumesc  
Diolch  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Nos da  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Bore da  

Please
Vă Rog  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
scuze  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
La revedere  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Română  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Cymraeg  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
gallois  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
1521  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Celtic  

Branch
-  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Welsh  

Language Position
36  
33
31  
29

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
wel  

ISO 639 3
ron  
cym  

ISO 639 6
ron  
cym  

Glottocode
roma1327  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Romanian and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Welsh language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Welsh Language History.

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

Romanian vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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