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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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