Countries
Countries
Wales
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Galicia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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 Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
English Language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
British Language
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2923
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2119
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
4NA
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeksNA
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Helô
Ola
Thank You
Diolch
Grazas
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Nos da
Boas noites
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Boa tarde
Good Morning
Bore da
Bos días
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Por favor
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Síntoo!
Bye
Hwyl
Adeus
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Ámote
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Perdoe!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Argentina
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
38,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Powys
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million2.40 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million2.40 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Galego
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Galego, Gallego
French Name
gallois
galicien
German Name
Kymrisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Not Available
History
Origin
9th Century
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Not Available
Branch
Brythonic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Welsh
Galician
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
cy
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
glg
ISO 639 2/B
wel
glg
ISO 639 3
cym
glg
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
wels1247
gali1258
Linguasphere
50-ABA
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available