Countries
Countries
Wales
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Wales
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
English Language
Spanish
Derived From
British Language
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Helô
Kaixo
Thank You
Diolch
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Nos da
Gabon
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Bore da
Egun on
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Mesedez
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Barkatu
Bye
Hwyl
Agur
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Barkatu
Dialects
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Argentina
France
How Many People Speak
38,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Souletin
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
700,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Powys
Spain
How Many People Speak
700,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million7.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million7.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Euskara
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
gallois
basque
German Name
Kymrisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Basque people
History
Origin
9th Century
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Brythonic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Welsh
Basque
Language Position
3130
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
Code
ISO 639 1
cy
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
eus
ISO 639 2/B
wel
baq
ISO 639 3
cym
eus
ISO 639 6
cym
eus
Glottocode
wels1247
basq1248
Linguasphere
50-ABA
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative