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Welsh and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Wales  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
British Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Helô  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Nos da  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Bore da  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Cymraeg  

French Name
russe  
gallois  

German Name
Russisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Celtic  

Branch
Eastern  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Welsh  

Language Position
7  
7
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
wel  

ISO 639 3
rus  
cym  

ISO 639 6
rus  
cym  

Glottocode
russ1263  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Russian and Welsh Speaking population

Russian and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Welsh on Russian vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Welsh Language Codes

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

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