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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Wales
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Wales
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
English Language
1.10 Derived From
British Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
30 weeks
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Helô
3.2 Thank You
Diolch
3.3 How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
3.4 Good Night
Nos da
3.5 Good Evening
Noswaith dda
3.6 Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
3.7 Good Morning
Bore da
3.8 Please
os gwelwch yn dda
3.9 Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
3.10 Bye
Hwyl
3.11 I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
3.12 Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Argentina
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
38,000.00
Rank: 45 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Gwynedd
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Powys
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
7.40 million
Rank: 64 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
7.40 million
Rank: 56 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cymraeg
5.3.4 French Name
gallois
5.3.5 German Name
Kymrisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Welsh people
6 History
6.1 Origin
9th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Celtic
6.2.2 Branch
Brythonic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Welsh
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
cy
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
cym
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
wel
7.3 ISO 639 3
cym
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
wels1247
7.6 Linguasphere
50-ABA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Historical
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional

Origin of Welsh language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Welsh language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Welsh language states that it was put to use in 9th Century. The history of Welsh language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Welsh Language History.The evolution of Welsh language began with early forms such as Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh. Welsh is the standard form of Welsh language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Welsh Language.

Welsh population

Welsh population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Welsh language. Welsh language is spoken by 7.40 million people in the world. Most of the Welsh population lies in the Welsh Speaking Countries. Welsh language is spoken as first language by 7.40 million people and no total count of people speaking Welsh as second language. Get to know Welsh speaking population in detail.

Welsh writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Welsh writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Welsh language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Welsh language. Learn more about . 

Information about Welsh language

Check out all the information about Welsh language here. You may find it interesting to learn Welsh Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Welsh Speaking Countries, Welsh speaking continents and Welsh Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Welsh countries knowing common Welsh Greetings will help you in communicating with Welsh people.

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