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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Not Available
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
gali1258
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
51-AAA-ab
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
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.