Countries
Wales
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
English Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
British Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2962
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
72
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2160
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Diolch
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Nos da
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Bore da
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
амритана
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Амарахь
Bye
Hwyl
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
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Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Argentina
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
38,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
700,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Sadz
Where They Speak
Powys
Turkey
How Many People Speak
700,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
gallois
abkhaze
German Name
Kymrisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Abkhaz people
Origin
9th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Celtic
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Branch
Brythonic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Abkhaz
Language Position
3128
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
abk
ISO 639 2/B
wel
abk
ISO 639 3
cym
abk
ISO 639 6
cym
abks
Glottocode
wels1247
abkh1244
Linguasphere
50-ABA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative