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Countries

Countries

Wales
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Wales
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Argentina, United Kingdom
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania

Regulated By

Welsh Language Commissioner
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana

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.
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.

Similar To

English Language
Romanian

Derived From

British Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2936
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2129
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Helô
Përshëndetje

Thank You

Diolch
Ju faleminderit

How Are You?

Sut ydych chi?
Si jeni?

Good Night

Nos da
natën e mirë

Good Evening

Noswaith dda
mirëmbrëma

Good Afternoon

P'nawn da
mirëdita

Good Morning

Bore da
mirëmengjes

Please

os gwelwch yn dda
Ju lutem

Sorry

Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Me fal

Bye

Hwyl
mirupafshim

I Love You

Dw i'n dy garu di
unë e dua ju

Excuse Me

Esgusodwch fi
Më falni

Dialects

Dialect 1

Patagonian Welsh
Gheg Albanian

Where They Speak

Argentina
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

How Many People Speak

38,000.003,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Y Wyndodeg
Tosk Albanian

Where They Speak

Gwynedd
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey

How Many People Speak

700,000.001,800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Y Bowyseg
Arbëresh

Where They Speak

Powys
Italy

How Many People Speak

700,000.00100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

84
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million7.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million3.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million3.60 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
shqip / gjuha shqipe

Alternative Names

Cymraeg
Shqip

French Name

gallois
albanais

German Name

Kymrisch
Albanisch

Pronunciation

[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ʃcip]

Ethnicity

Welsh people
Albanians

History

Origin

9th Century
1462 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
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Branch

Brythonic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Albanian

Standard Forms

Welsh
Standard Albanian

Language Position

3114
1 120
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Signed Forms

Welsh Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

cy
sq

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cym
sqi

ISO 639 2/B

wel
alb

ISO 639 3

cym
sqi

ISO 639 6

cym
sqi

Glottocode

wels1247
alba1267

Linguasphere

50-ABA
55-AAA-aaa

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Synthetic

Welsh and Albanian Alphabets

Welsh and Albanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Welsh and Albanian. In Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Welsh and Albanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Welsh and Albanian languages. The Welsh phonology consist Welsh vowels and Welsh consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Welsh greetings vs Albanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Welsh and Albanian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Welsh and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Welsh and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Welsh and Albanian Speaking population

Welsh and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Welsh and Albanian on Welsh vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Albanian Language Codes

Welsh and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.