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Welsh vs Maithili


Maithili vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Wales  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
-  

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
pranam  

Thank You
Diolch  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Suprabhaat  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
kripaya  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
maf karai  

Bye
Hwyl  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
North India  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
gallois  
maithili  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
9th Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
-  

Branch
Brythonic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
31  
29
40  
37

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
mai  

ISO 639 3
cym  
mai  

ISO 639 6
cym  
mai  

Glottocode
wels1247  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Welsh and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Maithili language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Maithili Language History.

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

Welsh vs Maithili Difficulty

The Welsh vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh Alphabets and Maithili 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 Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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