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Welsh vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
English Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Kamusta  

Thank You
Diolch  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
pakiusap  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Hwyl  
Paálam  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
gallois  
tagalog  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Brythonic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Filipino  

Language Position
31  
29
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
cym  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
cym  
tgl  

Glottocode
wels1247  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Welsh and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Tagalog language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Tagalog Language History.

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

Welsh vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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