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Galician and Cantonese


Cantonese and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Galicia   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
19   
9
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
您好   

Thank You
Grazas   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
晚安   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
下午好   

Good Morning
Bos días   
早上好   

Please
Por favor   
请   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
遗憾   

Bye
Adeus   
再见   

I Love You
Ámote   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
Galego   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
galicien   
Not Available   

German Name
Galicisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
glg   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Galician and Cantonese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Galician and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Galician and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Galician are spoken in different Galician Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Galician vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician, Central Galician. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Galician and Cantonese Speaking population

Galician and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Galician and Cantonese on Galician vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Cantonese Language Codes

Galician and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Galician and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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