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Countries

Countries

Galicia
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Galicia
France, Spain

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.

Similar To

Portuguese Language
Spanish

Derived From

Latin
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2327
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1921
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

28 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ola
Kaixo

Thank You

Grazas
Eskerrik asko

How Are You?

Que tal estás?
Zer moduz?

Good Night

Boas noites
Gabon

Good Evening

Boa tarde
Arratsalde on

Good Afternoon

Boa tarde
Arratsalde on

Good Morning

Bos días
Egun on

Please

Por favor
Mesedez

Sorry

Síntoo!
Barkatu

Bye

Adeus
Agur

I Love You

Ámote
Maite zaitut

Excuse Me

Perdoe!
Barkatu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Galician
Navarro-Lapurdian

Where They Speak

East Galicia
France

How Many People Speak

2,700,000.0068,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Galician
Souletin

Where They Speak

Central Galicia
France, Soule, Spain

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.008,700.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Galician
Biscayan

Where They Speak

West Galicia
Spain

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00750,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

36
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.40 million7.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.40 million7.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million0.70 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Galego
Euskara

Alternative Names

Galego, Gallego
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense

French Name

galicien
basque

German Name

Galicisch
Baskisch

Pronunciation

[ɡaˈleɣo]
[bɑːsk]

Ethnicity

Galician people
Basque people

History

Origin

c. 1175
c. 1000

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian

Standard Forms

Galician
Basque

Language Position

4630
1 120
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Signed Forms

Galician Sign Language
Basque Sign Language

Scope

Individual
-

Code

ISO 639 1

gl
eu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

glg
eus

ISO 639 2/B

glg
baq

ISO 639 3

glg
eus

ISO 639 6

glg
eus

Glottocode

gali1258
basq1248

Linguasphere

51-AAA-ab
40-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Agglutinative

Galician and Basque Alphabets

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

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

Galician and Basque Speaking population

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

Galician and Basque Language Codes

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