Countries
Galicia
  
Wales
  
National Language
Galicia
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Portuguese Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ola
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Grazas
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Boas noites
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Boa tarde
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
Bos días
  
Bore da
  
Please
Por favor
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Síntoo!
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Ámote
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
East Galicia
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Galician
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Western Galician
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
West Galicia
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.40 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
Galego
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
galicien
  
gallois
  
German Name
Galicisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
c. 1175
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Galician
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gl
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
glg
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
glg
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
glg
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gali1258
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Galician and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Welsh language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Galician vs Welsh Difficulty
The Galician vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.