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Countries

Countries

Galicia
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

Galicia
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

Similar To

Portuguese Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

Latin
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

1923
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

28 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ola
Hola

Thank You

Grazas
Gràcies

How Are You?

Que tal estás?
Com estàs?

Good Night

Boas noites
Bona nit

Good Evening

Boa tarde
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

Boa tarde
Bona tarda

Good Morning

Bos días
Bon dia

Please

Por favor
Sisplau

Sorry

Síntoo!
Perdó!

Bye

Adeus
Adéu

I Love You

Ámote
T'estimo

Excuse Me

Perdoe!
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Galician
Caló

Where They Speak

East Galicia
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

2,700,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Galician
Valencian

Where They Speak

Central Galicia
Spain

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Galician
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

West Galicia
Spain

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

38
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

2.40 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.05 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

2.40 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Galego
català

Alternative Names

Galego, Gallego
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

galicien
catalan; valencien

German Name

Galicisch
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

[ɡaˈleɣo]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Galician people
Catalan people

History

Origin

c. 1175
c. 1028

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

Galician
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

4632
1 120
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Signed Forms

Galician Sign Language
Signed Catalan

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

gl
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

glg
cat

ISO 639 2/B

glg
cat

ISO 639 3

glg
cat

ISO 639 6

glg
cat

Glottocode

gali1258
stan1289

Linguasphere

51-AAA-ab
51-AAA-e

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Galician and Catalan Alphabets

Galician and Catalan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Galician and Catalan. In Galician Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Galician and Catalan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Galician and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Galician and Catalan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Galician and Catalan Speaking population

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

Galician and Catalan Language Codes

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