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Welsh and Swedish


Swedish and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Wales  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
British Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
hej  

Thank You
Diolch  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Nos da  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Bore da  
god morgon  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
vänligen  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
ledsen  

Bye
Hwyl  
hej då  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Powys  
France  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
gallois  
suédois  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
9th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Germanic  

Branch
Brythonic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
31  
29
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
swe  

ISO 639 3
cym  
swe  

ISO 639 6
cym  
swe  

Glottocode
wels1247  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Welsh and Swedish Speaking population

Welsh and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Welsh vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Swedish Language Codes

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

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