Countries
Galicia
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Galicia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Portuguese Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Latin
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1917
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ola
hallo
Thank You
Grazas
Dankie
How Are You?
Que tal estás?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Boas noites
goeie nag
Good Evening
Boa tarde
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Boa tarde
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Bos días
goeie more
Please
Por favor
asseblief
Sorry
Síntoo!
jammer
Bye
Adeus
Totsiens
I Love You
Ámote
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Perdoe!
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Eastern Galician
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
East Galicia
-
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Galician
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Central Galicia
-
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Western Galician
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
West Galicia
Namibia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.40 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.40 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Galego
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego
Cape Dutch
French Name
galicien
afrikaans
German Name
Galicisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Galician people
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 1175
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Galician
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
4623
1
120
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Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gl
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
glg
afr
ISO 639 2/B
glg
afr
ISO 639 3
glg
afr
ISO 639 6
glg
afrs
Glottocode
gali1258
afri1274
Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic