Welsh and Cantonese
Countries
Wales
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Wales
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Hawaii
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
English Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
British Language
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Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
你好吗？
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
晚上好
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
下午好
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
请
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
遗憾
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
我爱你
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
原谅我
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Argentina
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Powys
Hong Kong
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
gallois
cantonais
German Name
Kymrisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Han Chinese
Origin
9th Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
cy
No data available
ISO 639 3
cym
No data available
Glottocode
wels1247
cant1236
Linguasphere
50-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Historical
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Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Welsh and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Welsh and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Welsh are spoken in different Welsh Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Welsh vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh, Y Wyndodeg. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Welsh and Cantonese Speaking population
Welsh and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Welsh vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Cantonese Language Codes
Welsh and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.