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Countries

Countries

Wales
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Wales
Malta

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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Welsh Language Commissioner
National Council for the Maltese Language

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.
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

Similar To

English Language
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

British Language
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2930
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

76
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2124
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 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Helô
Ħello

Thank You

Diolch
Grazzi

How Are You?

Sut ydych chi?
Kif int?

Good Night

Nos da
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

Noswaith dda
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

P'nawn da
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

Bore da
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

os gwelwch yn dda
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Skużani!

Bye

Hwyl
Ċaw

I Love You

Dw i'n dy garu di
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

Esgusodwch fi
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Patagonian Welsh
Qormi

Where They Speak

Argentina
Malta

How Many People Speak

38,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Y Wyndodeg
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Gwynedd
Malta

How Many People Speak

700,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Y Bowyseg
Not Present

Where They Speak

Powys
-

How Many People Speak

700,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

82
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Malti

Alternative Names

Cymraeg
Malti

French Name

gallois
maltais

German Name

Kymrisch
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Welsh people
Maltese

History

Origin

9th Century
c. 1470

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Semitic

Branch

Brythonic
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms

Standard Forms

Welsh
Maltese

Language Position

3125
1 120
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Signed Forms

Welsh Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

cy
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cym
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

wel
mlt

ISO 639 3

cym
mlt

ISO 639 6

cym
mlt

Glottocode

wels1247
malt1254

Linguasphere

50-ABA
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Synthetic

Welsh and Maltese Alphabets

Welsh and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Welsh and Maltese. In Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Welsh and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Welsh and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Welsh and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Welsh and Maltese Speaking population

Welsh and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Welsh vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Maltese Language Codes

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