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Turkish vs Welsh


Welsh vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Wales  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
English Language  

Derived From
-  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
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
Merhaba  
Helô  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Diolch  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Nos da  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Bore da  

Please
lütfen  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Hwyl  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Cymraeg  

French Name
turc  
gallois  

German Name
Türkisch  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
9th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Celtic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Welsh  

Language Position
19  
17
31  
29

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
wel  

ISO 639 3
tur  
cym  

ISO 639 6
tur  
cym  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Turkish and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Welsh language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Welsh Language History.

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

Turkish vs Welsh Difficulty

The Turkish vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.

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