Countries
Wales
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
English Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
British Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2944
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2132
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
sannu
Thank You
Diolch
gode ku
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
yaya dai
Good Night
Nos da
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
barka da rana
Good Morning
Bore da
mai kyau safe
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Don Allah
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
yi hakuri
Bye
Hwyl
sai anjima
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Argentina
Ghana
How Many People Speak
38,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Niger
How Many People Speak
700,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Powys
Niger
How Many People Speak
700,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.52 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
gallois
haoussa
German Name
Kymrisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
9th Century
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Chadic
Branch
Brythonic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Hausa
Language Position
3134
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
hau
ISO 639 2/B
wel
hau
ISO 639 3
cym
hau
ISO 639 6
cym
hau
Glottocode
wels1247
haus1257
Linguasphere
50-ABA
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional