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Urdu vs Welsh


Welsh vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Wales  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Wales  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Argentina, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Welsh Language Commissioner  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
English Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
British Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Helô  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Diolch  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Sut ydych chi?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Nos da  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Noswaith dda  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
P'nawn da  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Bore da  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
os gwelwch yn dda  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  

Bye
الوداع  
Hwyl  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Dw i'n dy garu di  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Esgusodwch fi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Patagonian Welsh  

Where They Speak
India  
Argentina  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
38,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Y Wyndodeg  

Where They Speak
India  
Gwynedd  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Y Bowyseg  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Powys  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
700,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
اُردُو  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Cymraeg  

French Name
ourdou  
gallois  

German Name
Urdu  
Kymrisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Welsh people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Celtic  

Branch
Indic  
Brythonic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Welsh  

Language Position
20  
18
31  
29

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Welsh Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
cy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
cym  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
wel  

ISO 639 3
urd  
cym  

ISO 639 6
urd  
cym  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
wels1247  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
50-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Urdu and Welsh Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Welsh language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Welsh language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Welsh Language History.

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

Urdu vs Welsh Difficulty

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

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