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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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