Countries
Wales
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Wales
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
English Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
British Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2940
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
721
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2119
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Diolch
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Nos da
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Bore da
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Hwyl
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Jeju
Where They Speak
Argentina
South Korea
How Many People Speak
38,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
South Korea
How Many People Speak
700,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Powys
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
700,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million77.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %1.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million77.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
gallois
coréen
German Name
Kymrisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Koreans
Origin
9th Century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Brythonic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Welsh
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
3112
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
kor
ISO 639 2/B
wel
kor
ISO 639 3
cym
Kor
ISO 639 6
cym
kor
Glottocode
wels1247
kore1280
Linguasphere
50-ABA
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative