Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Italian-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
ciao
  
Ola
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Bos días
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Central Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
italien
  
galicien
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
960 BC
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Italian 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 Italian and Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Galician language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Galician Difficulty
The Italian vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.