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Welsh vs Korean


Korean vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Alphabets
29  
11
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
21  
18

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Powys  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
77.00 million  
13

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  

History

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
31  
29
12  
11

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Welsh and Korean Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Korean language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Welsh vs Korean Difficulty

The Welsh vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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