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Welsh

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Countries

Countries

Wales
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Wales
Nigeria

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
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Welsh Language Commissioner
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

English Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

British Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2936
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

78
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2128
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Helô
kedụ

Thank You

Diolch
dalụ

How Are You?

Sut ydych chi?
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

Nos da
ka chi fo

Good Evening

Noswaith dda
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

P'nawn da
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

Bore da
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

os gwelwch yn dda
Biko

Sorry

Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Ndo

Bye

Hwyl
Kachifo

I Love You

Dw i'n dy garu di
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

Esgusodwch fi
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Patagonian Welsh
Enuani

Where They Speak

Argentina
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

38,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Y Wyndodeg
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Gwynedd
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

700,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Y Bowyseg
Not present

Where They Speak

Powys
-

How Many People Speak

700,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

820
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
igbo

Alternative Names

Cymraeg
Ibo

French Name

gallois
igbo

German Name

Kymrisch
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Welsh people
Igbo people

History

Origin

9th Century
30th Century BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Kwa

Branch

Brythonic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms

Standard Forms

Welsh
Standard Igbo

Language Position

3157
1 120
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Signed Forms

Welsh Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

cy
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cym
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

wel
ibo

ISO 639 3

cym
ibo

ISO 639 6

cym
ibo

Glottocode

wels1247
nucl1417

Linguasphere

50-ABA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Agglutinative

Welsh and Igbo Alphabets

Welsh and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Welsh and Igbo. In Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Welsh and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Welsh and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Welsh and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Welsh and Igbo Speaking population

Welsh and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Welsh vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Igbo Language Codes

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