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Russian vs Galician


Galician vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Galicia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Eastern Galician   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
East Galicia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Central Galician   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Central Galicia   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Western Galician   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
West Galicia   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
2.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
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   

History

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
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Russian and Galician Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Galician language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Galician Language History.

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

Russian vs Galician Difficulty

The Russian vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.

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