Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Germany
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Galician-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
hallo
  
Ola
  
Thank You
Danke
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
Bos días
  
Please
bitte
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Central Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
Not Available
  
Native Name
Deutsch
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
allemand
  
galicien
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
German and Galician 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 German and Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Galician language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common German Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Galician Difficulty
The German vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Galician 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 German and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.