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Arabic vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Wales  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International 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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Diolch  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Nos da  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Bore da  
صباح الخير  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
آسف  

Bye
Hwyl  
وداعا  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
gallois  
arabe  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
9th Century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Semitic  

Branch
Brythonic  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
31  
29
25  
23

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
ara  

ISO 639 3
cym  
ara  

ISO 639 6
cym  
ara  

Glottocode
wels1247  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Welsh and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Arabic language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Welsh and Arabic Language History.

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Welsh and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Welsh and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Arabic language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Welsh vs Arabic Difficulty

The Welsh vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Welsh and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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