Countries
Wales
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Wales
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
South Africa
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
English Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Derived From
British Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Diolch
Thank you
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
How are you?
Good Night
Nos da
Good Night
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Bore da
Good Morning
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Please
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Sorry
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
I love you
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
American English
Where They Speak
Argentina
United States of America
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Powys
United Kingdom
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
English
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
English
French Name
gallois
anglais
German Name
Kymrisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Welsh people
English people
Origin
9th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard English
Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
wels1247
stan1293
Linguasphere
50-ABA
52-ABA
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Welsh and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Welsh and English language. Welsh word for "Hello" is Helô or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Welsh Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Welsh vs English Difficulty
The Welsh vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.