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Welsh vs Italian


Italian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Wales  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
English Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
British Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
ciao  

Thank You
Diolch  
grazie  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Nos da  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Bore da  
buongiorno  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
scusate  

Bye
Hwyl  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Italiano  

French Name
gallois  
italien  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Italians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Romance  

Branch
Brythonic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Italian  

Language Position
31  
29
27  
25

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
ita  

ISO 639 3
cym  
ita  

ISO 639 6
cym  
itas  

Glottocode
wels1247  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
51-AAA-q  

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Italian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Italian Difficulty

The Welsh vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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