Countries
Wales
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
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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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
English Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
British Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2937
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2146
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
Mhoro
Thank You
Diolch
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Nos da
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Manheru
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
Masikati
Good Morning
Bore da
Mangwanani
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Ndineurombo
Bye
Hwyl
bye
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Argentina
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
38,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Karanga
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
700,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Powys
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
700,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
chiShona
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
gallois
shona
German Name
Kymrisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Shona people
Origin
9th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Brythonic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard Shona
Language Position
31107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
sna
ISO 639 2/B
wel
sna
ISO 639 3
cym
sna
ISO 639 6
cym
sna
Glottocode
wels1247
core1255
Linguasphere
50-ABA
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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