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Welsh and Polish


Polish and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
Poland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
cześć  

Thank You
Diolch  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Nos da  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Dzień dobry  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
proszę  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Hwyl  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
gallois  
polonais  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Poles  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Slavic  

Branch
Brythonic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Polish  

Language Position
31  
29
24  
22

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
pol  

ISO 639 3
cym  
pol  

ISO 639 6
cym  
pols  

Glottocode
wels1247  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Welsh and Polish Speaking population

Welsh and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Polish on Welsh vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Polish Language Codes

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

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