Countries
Galicia
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Galicia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Portuguese Language
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-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
  
Molo
  
Thank You
Grazas
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
Boas noites
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
Boa tarde
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
Bos días
  
Molo
  
Please
Por favor
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
Síntoo!
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
Ámote
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
East Galicia
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 2
Central Galician
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Western Galician
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
West Galicia
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
2.40 million
  
99+
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Galego
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
galicien
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Galicisch
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
c. 1175
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Galician
  
isiXhosa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gl
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
glg
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
glg
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
glg
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gali1258
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Galician and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Galician and Xhosa language. Galician word for "Hello" is Ola or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Galician Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Galician vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Galician vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is Not Available while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.