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Countries

Countries

Wales
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Total No. Of Countries

110
0 46
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National Language

Wales
Portugal

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

Argentina, United Kingdom
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Regulated By

Welsh Language Commissioner
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

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.
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Similar To

English Language
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

British Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2923
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

79
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2119
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Helô
Olá

Thank You

Diolch
obrigado

How Are You?

Sut ydych chi?
Como você está?

Good Night

Nos da
boa noite

Good Evening

Noswaith dda
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

P'nawn da
boa Tarde

Good Morning

Bore da
bom Dia

Please

os gwelwch yn dda
Por Favor

Sorry

Mae'n ddrwg gennym
pesaroso

Bye

Hwyl
tchau

I Love You

Dw i'n dy garu di
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

Esgusodwch fi
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Patagonian Welsh
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

Argentina
Brazil

How Many People Speak

38,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Y Wyndodeg
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

Gwynedd
Portugal

How Many People Speak

700,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Y Bowyseg
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

Powys
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

700,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

826
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Português

Alternative Names

Cymraeg
Português

French Name

gallois
portugais

German Name

Kymrisch
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Welsh people
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

9th Century
3rd Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Romance

Branch

Brythonic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Welsh
Portuguese

Language Position

316
1 120
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Signed Forms

Welsh Sign Language
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

cy
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cym
por

ISO 639 2/B

wel
por

ISO 639 3

cym
por

ISO 639 6

cym
por

Glottocode

wels1247
port1283

Linguasphere

50-ABA
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Welsh and Portuguese Alphabets

Welsh and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Welsh and Portuguese. In Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Welsh and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Welsh and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Welsh and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Welsh and Portuguese Speaking population

Welsh and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Welsh vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Portuguese Language Codes

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