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German vs Galician


Galician vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
9  
1
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

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
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Texas  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
2.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
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  

History

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
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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German and Galician Language History

Comparison of German vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of German and Galician language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD whereas history of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175. 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 German and Galician Language History.

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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.

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