Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hello
  
Ola
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Bos días
  
Please
Please
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
Bye
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Central Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
Not Available
  
Native Name
English
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
anglais
  
galicien
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available