MoreVowelsThanEnglish

Welsh is not written in the English alphabet, (although it might look like it). The Welsh alphabet is different. It is phonetic, and contains 7 vowels.

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@NathanielW72701 @D1PH3NHYDRAM1N3 @Majkawscianie So it’s a semivowel in English.

If only English was simple and phonetic like Welsh you wouldn’t be having these arguments. W is a vowel in Welsh and always had been. It’s a Double U.

The English should have stuck with Ƿ ƿ for the ‘wuh’ sound.

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@NathanielW72701 @D1PH3NHYDRAM1N3 @Majkawscianie This conversation is fun.
In English W is an outlier because the tract remains open throughout the letter, like a vowel (although the restriction of air is more than with a standard vowel.)
However, it generally does function as the start or end of a syllable, like a consonant.

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@howlinghowler_ Welsh has more vowels than English.
W is a vowel in Welsh. It’s a Double U.

If ‘Cwrw’ was written in the English alphabet it would look like ‘Cuuruu.’

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@JoanHenry7 @JohnCleese There are more vowels in Welsh than in English.
It’s full of vowels.
But it’s written in a different alphabet from English.
Here’s what it sounds like. See if you can hear any vowels

https://t.co/Dp1lsY1IVq

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@kenobi_gyn @Toro28591785 @3YearLetterman All Welsh words contain vowels.

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@DavidCHelms1 @GCHQ H, L and T are not vowels in Welsh, David.

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@Zmei_Hhsss @canreadgood The Welsh language is in fact straightforward, logical and pretty normal as languages go. It’s written in a different alphabet from English though. That’s why it can look a bit crazy if you don’t realise that.

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Wales may be the most beautiful place in the world, certainly the most beautiful I have ever been

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@Zmei_Hhsss The Welsh language is full of vowels. The Welsh alphabet contains 7. More than English.

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@TrusterTim @FanSince09 Welsh has more vowels than English

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@Welsh_Willis87 @valleysqueenx

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@ralphyellis A touch wide of the mark Ralph. Whilst Cymraeg does indeed contain around 20% Latin derived vocabulary, the grammar and language structures are markedly different and demonstrate the P Celtic origins of the language.
It is certainly not a dialect of Latin or Greek.

[Cantona Cymru 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 @CantonaCymru]

@GB4108 @ProudofusUK Actually the opposite, RJ. Funny how people always ignorantly listen to English myths that try and ridicule Wales and the Welsh language. Our vowels are a e i o u w y, seven in total.

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@LazyLabourOut @GB4108 @ProudofusUK

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@bratpetals @BuddyWasBud Welsh has no K, and no double vowels, let alone triple.
So we’ll do our best pronouncing your great name, but we’ll be on the back foot!

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@Josh_Pactor @OyVeyPope Welsh has more vowels than English.

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@TomPMarshall @shelovesore But Twyndyllyngs is not a Welsh word.

It is however an example of English previously using y as it was originally intended - as a vowel. It’s the Greek I

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