Countries
Wales
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
English Language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
British Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2925
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
Halo
Thank You
Diolch
Hvala
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Nos da
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Dober dan
Good Morning
Bore da
Dobro jutro
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Prosim
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Oprostite
Bye
Hwyl
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Argentina
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
38,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Resian
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Italy
How Many People Speak
700,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Styrian
Where They Speak
Powys
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
700,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
848
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
gallois
slovène
German Name
Kymrisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Slovenes
Origin
9th Century
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Brythonic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Slovene
Language Position
3128
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
slv
ISO 639 2/B
wel
slv
ISO 639 3
cym
slv
ISO 639 6
cym
slv
Glottocode
wels1247
slov1268
Linguasphere
50-ABA
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional