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Welsh vs Romanian


Romanian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Wales  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
English Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
British Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

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  
alo  

Thank You
Diolch  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Nos da  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Bore da  
bună Dimineața  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
scuze  

Bye
Hwyl  
La revedere  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

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

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Română  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
gallois  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Romanians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
-  

Branch
Brythonic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Romanian  

Language Position
31  
29
36  
33

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
rum  

ISO 639 3
cym  
ron  

ISO 639 6
cym  
ron  

Glottocode
wels1247  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Welsh and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Romanian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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