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
  
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 in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.