Countries
Wales
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
English Language
Zulu language
Derived From
British Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2931
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2118
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
Moni
Thank You
Diolch
Zikomo
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Nos da
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Bore da
M'mawa wabwino
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Chonde
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
pepani
Bye
Hwyl
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Pepani
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Argentina
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
38,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
700,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Powys
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
700,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
85
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
gallois
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Kymrisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Chewa people
Origin
9th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Brythonic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Chewa
Language Position
3127
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
nya
ISO 639 2/B
wel
nya
ISO 639 3
cym
nya
ISO 639 6
cym
nya
Glottocode
wels1247
nyan1308
Linguasphere
50-ABA
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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