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Countries

Countries

Wales
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Wales
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Argentina, United Kingdom
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

Welsh Language Commissioner
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

English Language
Italian Language

Derived From

British Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2926
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
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

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Helô
bonjour

Thank You

Diolch
Merci

How Are You?

Sut ydych chi?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Nos da
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Noswaith dda
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

P'nawn da
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Bore da
Bonjour

Please

os gwelwch yn dda
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Mae'n ddrwg gennym
désolé

Bye

Hwyl
au revoir

I Love You

Dw i'n dy garu di
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Esgusodwch fi
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Patagonian Welsh
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Argentina
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

38,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Y Wyndodeg
African French

Where They Speak

Gwynedd
Africa

How Many People Speak

700,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Y Bowyseg
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Powys
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

700,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

825
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
français

Alternative Names

Cymraeg
Français

French Name

gallois
français

German Name

Kymrisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Welsh people
French people

History

Origin

9th Century
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Romance

Branch

Brythonic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Welsh
Standard French

Language Position

3113
1 120
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Signed Forms

Welsh Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

cy
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cym
fra

ISO 639 2/B

wel
fre

ISO 639 3

cym
fra

ISO 639 6

cym
fras

Glottocode

wels1247
stan1290

Linguasphere

50-ABA
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Welsh and French Alphabets

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

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

Welsh and French Speaking population

Welsh and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and French languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Welsh vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and French Language Codes

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