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Russian and Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Galicia   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Grazas   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Por favor   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Adeus   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Ámote   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Galego   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Russki   

French Name
galicien   
russe   

German Name
Galicisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Russians   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
rus   

ISO 639 3
glg   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Galician and Russian Speaking population

Galician and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Galician vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Galician and Russian Language Codes

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

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