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Spanish vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Galicia  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
Grazas  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Buenos Días  

Please
Por favor  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
triste  

Bye
Adeus  
adiós  

I Love You
Ámote  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Galego  
Español  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
galicien  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Galicisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
spa  

ISO 639 3
glg  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gali1258  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Galician and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Spanish language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Galician vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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