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Welsh and Yoruba


Yoruba and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
Nigeria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Yoruba Academy  

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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Diolch  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Nos da  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Bore da  
e kaaro  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Jowo  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
binu  

Bye
Hwyl  
bye  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
gallois  
yoruba  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Brythonic  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
31  
29
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
yor  

ISO 639 3
cym  
yor  

ISO 639 6
cym  
yor  

Glottocode
wels1247  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Welsh and Yoruba Speaking population

Welsh and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Welsh vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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