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Romanian vs Galician


Galician vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Galicia  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Ola  

Thank You
multumesc  
Grazas  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Bos días  

Please
Vă Rog  
Por favor  

Sorry
scuze  
Síntoo!  

Bye
La revedere  
Adeus  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
2.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
Not Available  

Native Name
Română  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
galicien  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1521  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Galician  

Language Position
36  
28
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
glg  

ISO 639 3
ron  
glg  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
roma1327  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
51-AAA-ab  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Romanian and Galician Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Galician language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Galician Language History.

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Romanian 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 Romanian and Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Galician language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Galician Difficulty

The Romanian vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.

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