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Galician



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Countries

Countries

Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Galicia

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

France, Spain
Galicia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)

Interesting Facts

  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  • 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

Spanish
Portuguese Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2723
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2119
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks28 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kaixo
Ola

Thank You

Eskerrik asko
Grazas

How Are You?

Zer moduz?
Que tal estás?

Good Night

Gabon
Boas noites

Good Evening

Arratsalde on
Boa tarde

Good Afternoon

Arratsalde on
Boa tarde

Good Morning

Egun on
Bos días

Please

Mesedez
Por favor

Sorry

Barkatu
Síntoo!

Bye

Agur
Adeus

I Love You

Maite zaitut
Ámote

Excuse Me

Barkatu
Perdoe!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Navarro-Lapurdian
Eastern Galician

Where They Speak

France
East Galicia

How Many People Speak

68,000.002,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Souletin
Central Galician

Where They Speak

France, Soule, Spain
Central Galicia

How Many People Speak

8,700.002,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Biscayan
Western Galician

Where They Speak

Spain
West Galicia

How Many People Speak

750,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.20 million2.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.20 million2.40 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.70 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Euskara
Galego

Alternative Names

Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Galego, Gallego

French Name

basque
galicien

German Name

Baskisch
Galicisch

Pronunciation

[bɑːsk]
[ɡaˈleɣo]

Ethnicity

Basque people
Galician people

History

Origin

c. 1000
c. 1175

Language Family

Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Basque
Galician

Language Position

3046
1 120
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Signed Forms

Basque Sign Language
Galician Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

eu
gl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eus
glg

ISO 639 2/B

baq
glg

ISO 639 3

eus
glg

ISO 639 6

eus
glg

Glottocode

basq1248
gali1258

Linguasphere

40-AAA-a
51-AAA-ab

Types of Language

Language Type

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Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Basque and Galician Alphabets

Basque and Galician Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Basque and Galician. In Basque Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Basque and Galician languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Basque and Galician languages. The Basque phonology consist Basque vowels and Basque consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Basque greetings vs Galician greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Basque and Galician are Most Spoken Languages.

All Basque 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 Basque and Galician dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Galician language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Galician Dialects are spoken in different Galician speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Galician Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician , Central Galician. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Basque and Galician Speaking population

Basque and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is 0.05 %. 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 Basque and Galician on Basque vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Galician Language Codes

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