Cantonese and Galician
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Galicia
National Language
China, Guangdong
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
你好吗？
Que tal estás?
Good Night
晚安
Boas noites
Good Evening
晚上好
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
下午好
Boa tarde
Good Morning
早上好
Bos días
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
East Galicia
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Central Galicia
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
West Galicia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Galego
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Galego, Gallego
French Name
Not Available
galicien
German Name
Not Available
Galicisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
17th century
c. 1175
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Galician
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
gl
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
glg
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
glg
ISO 639 3
No data available
glg
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
gali1258
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-ab
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Galician dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Galician language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Galician Dialects are spoken in different Galician speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Galician Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Galician dialects include: Eastern Galician , Central Galician. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Galician Speaking population
Cantonese and Galician speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Galician languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Galician Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Galician language is Not Available. 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 Cantonese and Galician on Cantonese vs Galician where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Galician Language Codes
Cantonese and Galician language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Galician Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.