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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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