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Galician vs Estonian


Estonian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Galicia   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Tere   

Thank You
Grazas   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Por favor   
Palun   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Vabandust   

Bye
Adeus   
Head aega   

I Love You
Ámote   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
Galego   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Eesti keel   

French Name
galicien   
estonien   

German Name
Galicisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Estonians   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
est   

ISO 639 3
glg   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Galician and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Estonian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Galician and Estonian Language History.

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Galician and Estonian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Galician and Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Estonian language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Galician vs Estonian Difficulty

The Galician vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Estonian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Galician and Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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