Countries
Countries
Wales
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
English Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
British Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2924
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Helô
Habari
Thank You
Diolch
Asante
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Nos da
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Bore da
Habari za asubuhi
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
tafadhali
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
pole
Bye
Hwyl
bye
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Argentina
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
38,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Powys
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
812
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million15.00 million
0.13
873
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Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
-9999
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
gallois
swahili
German Name
Kymrisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
9th Century
6th 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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Swahili
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
cy
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
swa
ISO 639 2/B
wel
swa
ISO 639 3
cym
swa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
wels1247
swah1254
Linguasphere
50-ABA
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available