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Welsh and Slovak


Slovak and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Wales  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
British Language  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Diolch  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Dobré ráno  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Prosím  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Pardón!  

Bye
Hwyl  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
gallois  
slovaque  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
9th Century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Slavic  

Branch
Brythonic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Slovak  

Language Position
31  
29
27  
25

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
slo  

ISO 639 3
cym  
slk  

ISO 639 6
cym  
slk  

Glottocode
wels1247  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Welsh and Slovak Speaking population

Welsh and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Welsh vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Slovak Language Codes

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

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