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Galician vs Italian


Italian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Galicia   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
ciao   

Thank You
Grazas   
grazie   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Bos días   
buongiorno   

Please
Por favor   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
scusate   

Bye
Adeus   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Ámote   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Galego   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Italiano   

French Name
galicien   
italien   

German Name
Galicisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Italians   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
ita   

ISO 639 3
glg   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
gali1258   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
51-AAA-q   

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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Galician and Italian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Italian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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Galician and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Italian language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Galician vs Italian Difficulty

The Galician vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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