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
