Countries
Galicia
  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
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 in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
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
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
  
Doukhobor Russian
  
Where They Speak
East Galicia
  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Galician
  
Olonets
  
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
  
Olonets
  
Dialect 3
Western Galician
  
Novgorod
  
Where They Speak
West Galicia
  
Novgorod
  
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million
  
99+
276.00 million
  
6
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Russian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.