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Welsh vs Arabic


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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
88 weeks   
13

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+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

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
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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