Galician Speaking Countries

Galician Countries

Galician is one of the important languages. Galician countries are the countries where Galician is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Galician countries are the countries where Galician is main language. In Galician countries, all the official documents are written in Galician language. In Galician speaking countries, various Galician Dialects are spoken. Each Galician dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Galician speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Galician Language.

Galician national language and Galician as a Second Language

Galician speaking countries include both countries with Galician national language and Galician as a second language. Check if Galician language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.

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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.

The Galician countries mentioned under Galician Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Galician language.

Galician as minority language

Countries with Galician as minority language are also included in Galician speaking countries.

Along with Galician speaking countries check out Galician speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.

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Galician Regulator and Facts

Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Galician language are Galician regulators. Galician is regulated by Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega). The regulatory bodies of Galician lie in Galician speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Galician:

• 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.

The Galician language is derived from Latin and is closely related to Portuguese Language.