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Countries

Countries

Wales
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

146
0 46
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National Language

Wales
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Argentina, United Kingdom
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Welsh Language Commissioner
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

English Language
French Language

Derived From

British Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2927
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2122
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
hola

Thank You

Diolch
Gracias

How Are You?

Sut ydych chi?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Nos da
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Noswaith dda
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

P'nawn da
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Bore da
Buenos Días

Please

os gwelwch yn dda
Por Favor

Sorry

Mae'n ddrwg gennym
triste

Bye

Hwyl
adiós

I Love You

Dw i'n dy garu di
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Esgusodwch fi
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Patagonian Welsh
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Argentina
Mexico

How Many People Speak

38,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Y Wyndodeg
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Gwynedd
Cuba

How Many People Speak

700,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Y Bowyseg
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Powys
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

700,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

821
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.40 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.24 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.40 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Español

Alternative Names

Cymraeg
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

gallois
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Kymrisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Welsh people
Spanish people

History

Origin

9th Century
210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Celtic
Romance

Branch

Brythonic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Welsh
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

312
1 120
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Signed Forms

Welsh Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

cy
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cym
spa

ISO 639 2/B

wel
spa

ISO 639 3

cym
spa

ISO 639 6

cym
spa

Glottocode

wels1247
stan1288

Linguasphere

50-ABA
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Historical
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Welsh and Spanish Alphabets

Welsh and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Welsh and Spanish. In Welsh Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Welsh and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Welsh and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Welsh and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Welsh and Spanish Speaking population

Welsh and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Welsh vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Spanish Language Codes

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