Countries
Wales
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
National Language
Wales
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
English Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
British Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Nos da
Bona nit
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Bore da
Bon dia
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Sisplau
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Perdó!
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Caló
Where They Speak
Argentina
France, Portugal, Spain
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Valencian
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Powys
Spain
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
català
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
gallois
catalan; valencien
German Name
Kymrisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Catalan people
Origin
9th Century
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Brythonic
Not Available
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
wels1247
stan1289
Linguasphere
50-ABA
51-AAA-e
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Welsh and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Catalan language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs Catalan Difficulty
The Welsh vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.