Countries
Galicia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Galicia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Armenian
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Ola
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Grazas
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Boas noites
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Boa tarde
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Bos días
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Por favor
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Síntoo!
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Ámote
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
East Galicia
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Galician
Griko
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Galician
Mariupol
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Galego
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
galicien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Galicisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Galician
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
gali1258
gree1276
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Galician and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Greek language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Galician vs Greek Difficulty
The Galician vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.