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Welsh vs Turkish


Turkish vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Wales  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Diolch  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Nos da  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Bore da  
günaydın  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
lütfen  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Hwyl  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
gallois  
turc  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
9th Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Turkic  

Branch
Brythonic  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
31  
29
19  
17

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
tur  

ISO 639 3
cym  
tur  

ISO 639 6
cym  
tur  

Glottocode
wels1247  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Welsh and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Turkish language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Welsh vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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