Countries
Wales
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
English Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
British Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2932
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2117
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
hallo
Thank You
Diolch
Dankie
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Nos da
goeie nag
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Bore da
goeie more
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
asseblief
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
jammer
Bye
Hwyl
Totsiens
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Argentina
-
How Many People Speak
38,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
-
How Many People Speak
700,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Powys
Namibia
How Many People Speak
700,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Cape Dutch
French Name
gallois
afrikaans
German Name
Kymrisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Afrikaners
Origin
9th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Germanic
Branch
Brythonic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
3123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
afr
ISO 639 2/B
wel
afr
ISO 639 3
cym
afr
ISO 639 6
cym
afrs
Glottocode
wels1247
afri1274
Linguasphere
50-ABA
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic