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Countries

Countries

Wales
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Wales
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Argentina, United Kingdom
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

English Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

British Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2121
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

47
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Helô
Hello

Thank You

Diolch
Thank you

How Are You?

Sut ydych chi?
How are you?

Good Night

Nos da
Good Night

Good Evening

Noswaith dda
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

P'nawn da
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Bore da
Good Morning

Please

os gwelwch yn dda
Please

Sorry

Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Sorry

Bye

Hwyl
Bye

I Love You

Dw i'n dy garu di
I love you

Excuse Me

Esgusodwch fi
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Patagonian Welsh
American English

Where They Speak

Argentina
United States of America

How Many People Speak

38,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Y Wyndodeg
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Gwynedd
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

700,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Y Bowyseg
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Powys
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

700,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

8188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
English

Alternative Names

Cymraeg
English

French Name

gallois
anglais

German Name

Kymrisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Welsh people
English people

History

Origin

9th Century
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
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Branch

Brythonic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Welsh
Standard English

Language Position

313
1 120
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Signed Forms

Welsh Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

cy
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cym
eng

ISO 639 2/B

wel
eng

ISO 639 3

cym
eng

ISO 639 6

cym
engs

Glottocode

wels1247
stan1293

Linguasphere

50-ABA
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Welsh and English Alphabets

Welsh and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Welsh and English. In Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Welsh and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Welsh and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Welsh and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Welsh and English Speaking population

Welsh and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and English languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Welsh vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and English Language Codes

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