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Dutch and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Galicia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Hallo   

Thank You
Grazas   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Bos días   
goedemorgen   

Please
Por favor   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
sorry   

Bye
Adeus   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Ámote   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Galego   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
galicien   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Galicisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
dut   

ISO 639 3
glg   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Galician and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Galician and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Galician are spoken in different Galician Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Galician vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician, Central Galician. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Galician and Dutch Speaking population

Galician and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Galician vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Dutch Language Codes

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

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