Countries
Philippines
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
Similar To
Hiligaynon Language
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Ola
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Bos días
  
Please
Palihug
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
Babay
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
East Galicia
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
cebuano
  
galicien
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano and Galician 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 Cebuano and Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Galician language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Galician Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano Alphabets and Galician 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 Cebuano and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.