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Galician vs Russian


Russian vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Galicia   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Grazas   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Por favor   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Adeus   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Ámote   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Galego   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego   
Russki   

French Name
galicien   
russe   

German Name
Galicisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Russians   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
rus   

ISO 639 3
glg   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
53-AAA-ea   

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 Russian Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Russian language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Galician vs Russian Difficulty

The Galician vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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