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Welsh and Amharic


Amharic and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
-  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Selam  

Thank You
Diolch  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Bore da  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
aznallehu  

Bye
Hwyl  
tschao  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
gallois  
amharique  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
9th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Semitic  

Branch
Brythonic  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Amharic  

Language Position
31  
29
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
amh  

ISO 639 3
cym  
amh  

ISO 639 6
cym  
amh  

Glottocode
wels1247  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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All Welsh and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Welsh and Amharic Speaking population

Welsh and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Welsh vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Amharic Language Codes

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

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