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Galician vs Japanese


Japanese vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Galicia  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Grazas  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Boas noites  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Bos días  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Por favor  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Adeus  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ámote  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Galego  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Not Available  

French Name
galicien  
japonais  

German Name
Galicisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
glg  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gali1258  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Galician and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Japanese language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Galician vs Japanese Difficulty

The Galician vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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