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Welsh vs Croatian


Croatian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Wales  
Austria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
British Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
bok  

Thank You
Diolch  
hvala  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
kako si  

Good Night
Nos da  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Bore da  
dobro jutro  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
molim  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Oprostite  

Bye
Hwyl  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Hrvatski  

French Name
gallois  
croate  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Croats  

History

Origin
9th Century  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
-  

Branch
Brythonic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
31  
29
23  
21

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
cym  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
cym  
hrv  

Glottocode
wels1247  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Welsh and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Croatian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Croatian Language History.

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Welsh and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and Croatian language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Welsh vs Croatian Difficulty

The Welsh vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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