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Swedish and Welsh


Welsh and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
Wales  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
English Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
British Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
Helô  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Diolch  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Nos da  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Bore da  

Please
vänligen  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
ledsen  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
hej då  
Hwyl  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
France  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Cymraeg  

French Name
suédois  
gallois  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Celtic  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Welsh  

Language Position
89  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
wel  

ISO 639 3
swe  
cym  

ISO 639 6
swe  
cym  

Glottocode
swed1254  
wels1247  

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

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Swedish and Welsh Speaking population

Swedish and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Welsh on Swedish vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Welsh Language Codes

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

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