Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Russia
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Afganistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Ola
  
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
Bos días
  
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
Central Galicia
  
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
166.00 million
  
8
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million
  
7
Not Available
  
Native Name
Русский
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Russki
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
russe
  
galicien
  
German Name
Russisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Russians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ru
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
rus
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
rus
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
russ1263
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
  
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
  
Russian and Galician Speaking population
Russian and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Galician on Russian vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Galician Language Codes
Russian and Galician language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Galician Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.