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Galician vs Turkish


Turkish vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Galicia  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Portuguese Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

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  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Grazas  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Bos días  
günaydın  

Please
Por favor  
lütfen  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Adeus  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ámote  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
26,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
480,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
140,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.95 %  
21

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Galego  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
galicien  
turc  

German Name
Galicisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Turkish  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Turkic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
Not Available  
19  
17

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
tur  

ISO 639 3
glg  
tur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gali1258  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Galician and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Turkish language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Galician vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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