Countries
Wales
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
English Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
British Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2921
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2119
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
Bwakeye
Thank You
Diolch
Urakoze
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Nos da
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Bore da
Mwaramutse
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Ndasubiza
Bye
Hwyl
N’agasaga
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Argentina
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
38,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Ha
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
700,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Shubi
Where They Speak
Powys
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
700,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
gallois
rundi
German Name
Kymrisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
9th Century
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Celtic
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Branch
Brythonic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Kirundi
Language Position
3186
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
cy
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
run
ISO 639 2/B
wel
run
ISO 639 3
cym
run
ISO 639 6
cym
run
Glottocode
wels1247
rund1242
Linguasphere
50-ABA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
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Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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