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Galician vs 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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Spanish and Galician Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Galician language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Galician Language History.

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

Spanish vs Galician Difficulty

The Spanish vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Galician time required is Not Available.

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