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Chinese vs Galician


Galician vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Galicia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Galicia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Portuguese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
19   
9

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Ola   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Grazas   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Que tal estás?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Boas noites   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Boa tarde   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Boa tarde   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Bos días   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Por favor   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Síntoo!   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
Adeus   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Ámote   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Perdoe!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Eastern Galician   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
East Galicia   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Central Galician   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Central Galicia   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Western Galician   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
West Galicia   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
2.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
2.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Galego   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Galego, Gallego   

French Name
chinois   
galicien   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Galicisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡaˈleɣo]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
c. 1175   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan 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 Chinese   
Galician   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
gl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
glg   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
glg   

ISO 639 3
zho   
glg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
gali1258   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
51-AAA-ab   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Chinese and Galician Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Galician language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175. 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 Chinese and Galician Language History.

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Chinese 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 Chinese and Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Galician language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Galician Difficulty

The Chinese vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.

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