Countries
Galicia
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
Galicia
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Portuguese Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
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
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ola
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
Grazas
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
Boas noites
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
Boa tarde
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
Bos días
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
Por favor
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
Síntoo!
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
Adeus
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
Ámote
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
East Galicia
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Central Galician
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Western Galician
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
West Galicia
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million
  
99+
1,051.00 million
  
2
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.40 million
  
99+
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
Galego
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
  
Not Available
  
French Name
galicien
  
chinois
  
German Name
Galicisch
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Han
  
Origin
c. 1175
  
1250 BC
  
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 Chinese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gl
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
glg
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
glg
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
glg
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gali1258
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Galician and Chinese Speaking population
Galician and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Galician vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Galician and Chinese Language Codes
Galician and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Galician and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.