Countries
Galicia
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Galicia
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Portuguese Language
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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
Ola
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Grazas
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
Boas noites
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Boa tarde
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Bos días
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Por favor
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Síntoo!
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Ámote
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
East Galicia
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Central Galician
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Galician
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
West Galicia
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.40 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
Galego
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
galicien
  
allemand
  
German Name
Galicisch
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Germans
  
Origin
c. 1175
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Galician
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gl
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
glg
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
glg
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
glg
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
gali1258
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Galician and German Speaking population
Galician and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and German languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Galician vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Galician and German Language Codes
Galician and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Galician and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.