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Swahili
Swahili

Welsh
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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Wales

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Wales

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Welsh Language Commissioner

Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th 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

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
English Language

Derived From

Arabic Language
British Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2429
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Helô

Thank You

Asante
Diolch

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Sut ydych chi?

Good Night

Usiku mwema
Nos da

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
Noswaith dda

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
P'nawn da

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
Bore da

Please

tafadhali
os gwelwch yn dda

Sorry

pole
Mae'n ddrwg gennym

Bye

bye
Hwyl

I Love You

nakupenda
Dw i'n dy garu di

Excuse Me

Samahani
Esgusodwch fi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Patagonian Welsh

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Argentina

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Y Wyndodeg

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
Gwynedd

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Y Bowyseg

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Powys

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00700,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

128
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million7.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million7.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Cymraeg

French Name

swahili
gallois

German Name

Swahili
Kymrisch

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Welsh people

History

Origin

6th century
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Celtic

Branch

Bantu
Brythonic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh

Standard Forms

Swahili
Welsh

Language Position

2131
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
cy

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
cym

ISO 639 2/B

swa
wel

ISO 639 3

swa
cym

ISO 639 6

swa
cym

Glottocode

swah1254
wels1247

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
50-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Verb-Subject-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Swahili and Welsh Alphabets

Swahili and Welsh Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Welsh. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Swahili and Welsh languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Welsh languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Welsh greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Welsh are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Welsh Speaking population

Swahili and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Welsh on Swahili vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Welsh Language Codes

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