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Galician and Spanish


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
22   
12
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
2.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
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   

History

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
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Spanish and Galician Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Spanish and Galician dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Galician language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Galician Dialects are spoken in different Galician speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Galician Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician , Central Galician. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and Galician Speaking population

Spanish and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Galician on Spanish vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Galician Language Codes

Spanish and Galician language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Spanish and Galician Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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