Countries
Galicia
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Galicia
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
French Language
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Boas noites
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Bos días
Buenos Días
Please
Por favor
Por Favor
I Love You
Ámote
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Mexico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Galician
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Galician
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Galego
Español
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
galicien
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Galicisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Galician
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
gali1258
stan1288
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Galician and Spanish Speaking population
Galician and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Galician and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Galician and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Galician vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Galician and Spanish Language Codes
Galician and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Galician and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.