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Welsh and Nepali


Nepali and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
British Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Diolch  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Nos da  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Bore da  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
कृपया  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Hwyl  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
gallois  
népalais  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19 BC  

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  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Nepali  

Language Position
31  
29
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
nep  

ISO 639 3
cym  
npi  

ISO 639 6
cym  
nep  

Glottocode
wels1247  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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

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Welsh and Nepali Speaking population

Welsh and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Welsh vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Nepali Language Codes

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

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