Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Galicia
  
National Language
Spain
  
Galicia
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- 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 Language
  
Portuguese Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
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
hola
  
Ola
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Grazas
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Que tal estás?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Boas noites
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Boa tarde
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Bos días
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Por favor
  
Sorry
triste
  
Síntoo!
  
Bye
adiós
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Ámote
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Perdoe!
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Eastern Galician
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
East Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Central Galician
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Central Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Western Galician
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
West Galicia
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
2.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
2.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
Galego
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Galego, Gallego
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
galicien
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Galicisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[ɡaˈleɣo]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
210 BC
  
c. 1175
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Galician
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
gl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
glg
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
glg
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
glg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
gali1258
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
51-AAA-ab
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available