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Swedish vs Welsh


Welsh vs 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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Swedish and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Welsh language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century 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 Swedish and Welsh Language History.

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

Swedish vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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