Countries
Wales
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Latvian State Language Center
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.
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
English Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
British Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2933
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2124
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
Sveiki
Thank You
Diolch
Paldies
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Nos da
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Labdien
Good Morning
Bore da
Labrīt
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
lūdzu
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Piedodiet!
Bye
Hwyl
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Livonian
Where They Speak
Argentina
Latvia
How Many People Speak
38,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Latvia
How Many People Speak
700,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Powys
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
700,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Lettish
French Name
gallois
letton
German Name
Kymrisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
9th Century
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Baltic
Branch
Brythonic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Latvian
Language Position
319
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
cy
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
lav
ISO 639 2/B
wel
lav
ISO 639 3
cym
lav
ISO 639 6
cym
lav
Glottocode
wels1247
latv1249
Linguasphere
50-ABA
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic