Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Galicia
  
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 in
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Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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!
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.