Home
Languagevs


Welsh vs Zulu


Zulu vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
Pan South African Language Board  

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
50  
35

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Diolch  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
unjani  

Good Night
Nos da  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Bore da  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Hwyl  
bye  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Gabon, South Africa  

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

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
Georgia, South Africa  

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

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Powys  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
isiZulu  

Alternative Names
Cymraeg  
Isizulu, Zunda  

French Name
gallois  
zoulou  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Brythonic  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
31  
29
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
zul  

ISO 639 3
cym  
zul  

ISO 639 6
cym  
zul  

Glottocode
wels1247  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Welsh and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Zulu language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Welsh vs Zulu Difficulty

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages