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Dutch vs Galician


Galician vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Galicia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Galicia  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Portuguese Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Galician-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
28 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Ola  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Grazas  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Que tal estás?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Boas noites  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Boa tarde  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Boa tarde  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Bos días  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Por favor  

Sorry
sorry  
Síntoo!  

Bye
vaarwel  
Adeus  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Ámote  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Perdoe!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Eastern Galician  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
East Galicia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Central Galician  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Central Galicia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Western Galician  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
West Galicia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
2.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
2.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
Galego  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Galego, Gallego  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
galicien  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Galicisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ɡaˈleɣo]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Galician people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
c. 1175  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Galician  

Language Position
48  
99+
46  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Galician Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
gl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
glg  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
glg  

ISO 639 3
nld  
glg  

ISO 639 6
nld  
glg  

Glottocode
mode1257  
gali1258  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
51-AAA-ab  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Dutch and Galician Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Galician language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Galician language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Galician Language History.

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Dutch 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 Dutch and Galician greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Galician language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Galician word for "Thank You" is Grazas. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Galician Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Galician Difficulty

The Dutch vs Galician difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Galician are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Galician, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Galician time required is 28 weeks.

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