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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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