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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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