Countries
Wales
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
English Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
British Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2920
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2110
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
Hello
Thank You
Diolch
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Nos da
Night pai
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Bore da
Morning pai
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Tēnā
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Aroha mai
Bye
Hwyl
poroporoaki
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Argentina
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
38,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
700,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Powys
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
700,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
New Zealand Maori
French Name
gallois
maori
German Name
Kymrisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Māori people
Origin
9th Century
1814
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Polynesian
Branch
Brythonic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Maori
Language Position
3126
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
mri
ISO 639 2/B
wel
mao
ISO 639 3
cym
mri
ISO 639 6
cym
mri
Glottocode
wels1247
maor1246
Linguasphere
50-ABA
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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