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Countries

Countries

Wales
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

15
0 46
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National Language

Wales
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Argentina, United Kingdom
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

Welsh Language Commissioner
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

English Language
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

British Language
Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2929
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

720
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2120
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Helô
Hallo

Thank You

Diolch
Mange tak

How Are You?

Sut ydych chi?
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Nos da
God nat

Good Evening

Noswaith dda
God aften

Good Afternoon

P'nawn da
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

Bore da
God morgen

Please

os gwelwch yn dda
Please

Sorry

Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Undskyld!

Bye

Hwyl
Farvel

I Love You

Dw i'n dy garu di
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

Esgusodwch fi
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Patagonian Welsh
Scanian

Where They Speak

Argentina
Sweden

How Many People Speak

38,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Y Wyndodeg
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

Gwynedd
Denmark

How Many People Speak

700,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Y Bowyseg
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

Powys
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

700,000.006,000,000.00
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 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
dansk

Alternative Names

Cymraeg
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

gallois
danois

German Name

Kymrisch
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Welsh people
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

9th Century
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
-

Branch

Brythonic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Welsh
Rigsdansk

Language Position

3118
1 120
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Signed Forms

Welsh Sign Language
Signed Danish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

cy
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cym
dan

ISO 639 2/B

wel
dan

ISO 639 3

cym
dan

ISO 639 6

cym
dan

Glottocode

wels1247
dani1284

Linguasphere

50-ABA
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional

Welsh and Danish Alphabets

Welsh and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Welsh and Danish. In Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Welsh and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Welsh and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Welsh and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Welsh and Danish Speaking population

Welsh and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Welsh vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Danish Language Codes

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