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Welsh vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
Ukraine  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Diolch  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Nos da  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Hwyl  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Powys  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
gallois  
ukrainien  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Slavic  

Branch
Brythonic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
31  
29
26  
24

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
cym  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
cym  
ukr  

Glottocode
wels1247  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Welsh and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Ukrainian language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Welsh vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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