Countries
Wales
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Wales
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
English Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
British Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2952
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
716
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2136
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Diolch
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Nos da
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Bore da
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Hwyl
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Argentina
Kokan
How Many People Speak
38,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
700,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Powys
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
700,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
842
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %1.10 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
gallois
marathe
German Name
Kymrisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Marathi people
Origin
9th Century
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Brythonic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Welsh
Marathi
Language Position
3117
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
mar
ISO 639 2/B
wel
mar
ISO 639 3
cym
mar
ISO 639 6
cym
mar
Glottocode
wels1247
mara1378
Linguasphere
50-ABA
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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